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Meleagris californica

Osteichthyes - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Pavo californicus was named by Miller (1909). Its type specimen is UCMP 11300, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rancho La Brea (UCMP collection), which is in a Rancholabrean tar tar in California.

It was recombined as Parapavo californicus by Miller (1916), Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Miller and Johnston (1937), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956); it was recombined as Meleagris californica by Bocheński and Campbell (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. anza, M. progenes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pavo californicus Miller p. 285
1916Parapavo californicus Miller p. 96
1930Parapavo californicus Hay p. 329
1933Parapavo californicus Lambrecht p. 444
1937Parapavo californicus Miller and Johnston p. 229
1940Parapavo californicus Wetmore p. 48
1942Parapavo californicus Miller and DeMay p. 107
1956Parapavo californicus Wetmore p. 58
2006Meleagris californica Bocheński and Campbell Jr. p. 2

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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)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusMeleagris
speciescalifornica()

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.

†Meleagris californica Miller 1909
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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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:53:00
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:53:00
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.12900 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Parapavo californicus (152008 161536 192630) Pavo californicus (type locality: 150336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Parapavo californicus (73752 218989) Pavo californicus (190077)