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Pternistis capensis (cape francolin)
Taxonomy
Tetrao capensis was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant.
It was recombined as Francolinus capensis by Avery and Underhill (1986); it was recombined as Pternistis capensis by Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Francolinus capensis by Avery and Underhill (1986); it was recombined as Pternistis capensis by Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1789 | Tetrao capensis Gmelin |
| 1986 | Francolinus capensis Avery and Underhill |
| 2017 | Pternistis capensis Clements et al. |
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Pternistis capensis Gmelin 1789 [cape francolin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Thiollay 1994 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | Pternistis capensis (115225) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | Francolinus capensis (177147) |