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Turnix nigricollis (Madgascar buttonquail)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Turnicidae

Taxonomy
Tetrao nigricollis was named by Gmelin (1789). It is extant. Its type locality is Mare aux Songes swamp (Sauzier collection), which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Mauritius.

It was recombined as Turnix nigricollis by Goodman and Ravoavy (1993), Goodman et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Tetrao nigricollis Gmelin
1993Turnix nigricollis Goodman and Ravoavy
2013Turnix nigricollis Goodman et al.
2017Turnix nigricollis 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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyTurnicidaeGray 1840
genusTurnixBonnaterre 1791
speciesnigricollis(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 [Madgascar buttonquail]
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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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Turnix nigricollis (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Turnix nigricollis (194027)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Turnix nigricollis (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Turnix nigricollis (195020 236022)