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Pteroclidae (sandgrouse)
Taxonomy
Pteroclidae was named by Bonaparte (1831). It is extant.
It was assigned to Columbiformes by Zittel (1890); to Columbiformes by Mayr (2005); to Pterocletes by Lambrecht (1933), Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Pterocliformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017); and to Columbiformes by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Li et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Columbiformes by Zittel (1890); to Columbiformes by Mayr (2005); to Pterocletes by Lambrecht (1933), Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Pterocliformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017); and to Columbiformes by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Li et al. (2020).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1831 | Pteroclidae Bonaparte |
| 1890 | Pteroclidae Zittel p. 848 |
| 1933 | Pteroclidae Lambrecht p. 588 |
| 1985 | Pteroclidae Olson p. 119 |
| 1988 | Pteroclidae Carroll |
| 2005 | Pteroclidae Mayr p. 318 |
| 2007 | Pteroclidae Livezey and Zusi p. 93 |
| 2014 | Pteroclidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Pteroclidae Clements et al. |
| 2020 | Pteroclidae Li et al. |
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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.
Fm. Pteroclidae Bonaparte 1831 [sandgrouse]
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G. Pterocles Temminck 1815
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Pterocles alchata Linnaeus 1766 [pin-tailed sandgrouse]
Pterocles bicinctus Temminck 1815 [Double-banded sandgrouse]
Pterocles burchelli Sclater 1922 [Burchell's sandgrouse]
Pterocles coronatus Luchtenstein 1823 [Crowned sandgrouse]
Pterocles decoratus Cabanis 1868 [Black-faced sandgrouse]
Pterocles exustus Temminck 1825 [Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse]
Pterocles gutturalis Smith 1836 [Yellow-throated sandgrouse]
Pterocles indicus Gmelin 1789 [Painted sandgrouse]
†Pterocles larvatus Milne-Edwards 1892
Pterocles lichtensteinii Temminck 1825 [Lichtenstein's sandgrouse]
Pterocles namaqua Gmelin 1789 [Namaqua sandgrouse]
Pterocles orientalis Linnaeus 1758 [black-bellied sandgrouse]
Pterocles personatus Gould 1843 [Madagascar sandgrouse]
Pterocles quadricinctus Temminck 1815 [Four-banded sandgrouse]
Pterocles senegallus Linnaeus 1771 [spotted sandgrouse]
†Pterocles sepultus Milne-Edwards 1867
†Pterocles validus Milne-Edwards 1892
G. Syrrhaptes Illiger 1811
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Syrrhaptes paradoxus Pallas 1773 [Pallas's sandgrouse]
Syrrhaptes tibetanus Gould 1850 [Tibetan sandgrouse]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Gansu) | Linxiavis inaquosus (208571) | |
| Calabrian | Italy | Pterocles orientalis (197789 197790) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Pterocles alchata (197928) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Pterocles sp., Pterocles senegallus (21877 208788) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jordan | Syrrhaptes paradoxus (197945) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Pterocles personatus (195018) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Pterocles personatus (195019 236022) |