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Numida meleagris (helmeted guineafowl)

Osteichthyes - Numididae

Taxonomy
Phasianus meleagris was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Numida meleagris by Goodman and Ravoavy (1993), Goodman (1999), Goodman et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Phasianus meleagris Linnaeus p. 158
1993Numida meleagris Goodman and Ravoavy
1999Numida meleagris Goodman
2013Numida meleagris Goodman et al.
2017Numida meleagris Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyNumididaeReichenbach 1850
genusNumidaLinnaeus 1766
speciesmeleagris()

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.

Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 [helmeted guineafowl]
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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: Kiessling 2004, Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Numida meleagris (95827 195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Beanka) Numida meleagris (205190 205193)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Numida meleagris (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Numida meleagris (21902 21903 21904 21958 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Numida meleagris (195020 236022)