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Oreortyx pictus (mountain quail)

Reptilia - Odontophoridae

Taxonomy
Ortyx picta was named by Douglas (1829). It is extant. It is the type species of Oreortyx.

It was recombined as Oreortyx picta by Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Eo et al. (2009); it was recombined as Oreortyx pictus by Wetmore (1956), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Ortyx picta Douglas
1930Oreortyx picta Hay p. 327
1935Oreortyx picta Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Oreortyx picta Wetmore p. 46
1942Oreortyx picta Miller and DeMay p. 106
1956Oreortyx pictus Wetmore p. 55
2009Oreortyx picta Eo et al.
2017Oreortyx pictus 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
genusOreortyxBaird 1858
speciespictus(Douglas 1829)

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.

Oreortyx pictus Douglas 1829 [mountain 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: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Oreortyx picta (155409)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Oreortyx picta (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Oreortyx picta (93281)