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Cyrtonyx montezumae (Montezuma quail)
Taxonomy
Ortyx montezumae was named by Vigors (1830). It is extant.
It was recombined as Cyrtonyx montezumae by Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Cyrtonyx montezumae by Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1830 | Ortyx montezumae Vigors |
| 1956 | Cyrtonyx montezumae Wetmore p. 55 |
| 2017 | Cyrtonyx montezumae Clements et al. |
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Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors 1830 [Montezuma quail]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Cyrtonyx montezumae (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Cyrtonyx montezumae (93374) |