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Meleagridae (turkey)

Osteichthyes - Meleagridae

Taxonomy
Meleagridae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.

It was assigned to Galloidae by Hay (1930); to Phasianoidea by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Galliformes by Shoshani et al. (1989); and to Meleagridoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007).

Subtaxa
Agriocharis, Parapavo
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-08-08; modified by M. Uhen on 2025-06-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Meleagridae Gray
1930Meleagridae Hay p. 328
1940Meleagridae Wetmore p. 47
1956Meleagrididae Wetmore p. 57
1989Meleagridae Shoshani et al. p. 436
2007Meleagridae Livezey and Zusi p. 90

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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()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
suborderPhasiani
superfamilyMeleagridoidea
familyMeleagridaeGray 1840
familyMeleagridaeGray 1840

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. Meleagridae Gray 1840 [turkey]
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G. Agriocharis Chapman 1896
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†Agriocharis anza Howard 1963
†Agriocharis progenes Brodkorb 1964
G. †Parapavo Miller 1916
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: Marsh 1875, Livezey 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Blancan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 4.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.04 - 2.58USA (Arizona) Agriocharis sp. (216973)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Agriocharis progenes (154240)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Meleagridae indet. (227368)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Agriocharis anza (20342)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Agriocharis anza (192287)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Parapavo californica (79630)