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Callipepla californica (California quail)

Reptilia - Odontophoridae

Taxonomy
Tetrao californicus was named by Shaw (1798). It is extant. It is the type species of Lophortyx.

It was recombined as Lophortyx californica by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Langenwalter (1975); it was recombined as Lophortyx californicus by Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Callipepla californica by Broughton (2004), Guthrie (2010), Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. squamata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Tetrao californicus Shaw
1930Lophortyx californica Hay p. 327
1940Lophortyx californica Wetmore p. 45
1942Lophortyx californica Miller and DeMay p. 106
1956Lophortyx californicus Wetmore p. 55
1975Lophortyx californica Langenwalter
2004Callipepla californica Broughton p. 25
2010Callipepla californica Guthrie p. 4
2017Callipepla californica Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyOdontophoridae
genusCallipeplaWagler 1832
speciescalifornica(Shaw 1798)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Callipepla californica Shaw 1798 [California quail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:08:19
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:08:19
Source: o = order
References: Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.21000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Lophortyx californica (20639)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Lophortyx californica (192630) Lophortyx californicus (152008 161536)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Callipepla californica (106400 176267 236636) Lophortyx californica (44954 79630 155409 190077 218989)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Callipepla californica (194906 194909 194911 194917 194926 194928)