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Lagopus lagopus (willow ptarmigan)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Phasianidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao lagopus Linnaeus p. 159
1893Lagopus medius Woldřich
1960Lagopus lagopus Rudenko
1998Lagopus lagopus Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 56
2002Lagopus lagopus Mlikovsky p. 169
2008Lagopus lagopus Zelenkov et al.
2017Lagopus lagopus 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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusLagopusBrisson 1760
specieslagopus()

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.

Lagopus lagopus Linnaeus 1758 [willow ptarmigan]
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Invalid names: Lagopus medius Woldřich 1893 [synonym]
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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:53:00
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:53:00
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom Lagopus lagopus (124960 125438)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Lagopus lagopus (125445)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) Lagopus lagopus (125452)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Lagopus lagopus (93837 124956 125437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Lagopus lagopus (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Lagopus lagopus (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Lagopus lagopus (194807 194811)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Lagopus lagopus (228896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) Lagopus lagopus (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation Lagopus lagopus (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Lagopus lagopus (209126 209130 209134 209150 209152 209154 209156 209162 209164)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Alaska) Lagopus lagopus (220460)