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Phasianinae
Taxonomy
Phasianinae was named by Horsfield (1821). It is extant. Its type is Phasianus.
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Phasianidae by Wang et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Phasianidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Watanabe et al. (2018).
It was considered an invalid subgroup of Phasianidae by Wang et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Phasianidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Watanabe et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1821 | Phasianinae Horsfield |
| 1930 | Phasianinae Hay p. 328 |
| 1940 | Phasianinae Wetmore p. 46 |
| 1956 | Phasianinae Wetmore p. 56 |
| 2007 | Phasianinae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2008 | Phasianinae Mourer-Chauviré |
| 2014 | Phasianinae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2018 | Phasianinae Watanabe et al. p. 472 |
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Subfm. Phasianinae Horsfield 1821
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Tr. Phasianini Horsfield 1821
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G. Chrysolophus Gray 1834 [pheasant]
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Chrysolophus amherstiae Leadbeater 1829 [Lady Amhersts pheasant]
Chrysolophus pictus Linnaeus 1758 [Golden pheasant]
G. Syrmaticus Wagler 1832
Invalid names: Coturnicini Reichenbach 1848 [empty], Gallini Brehm 1831 [empty], Lophophorini Gray 1841 [empty], Pavonini Rafinesque 1815 [empty], Polyplectronini Blyth 1852 [empty], Tetraonini Leach 1820 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 54.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.5 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeophasianus meleagroides (74631) | |
| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Bambusicola sp., Diangallus mious (11798) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Coturnicini indet., Phasianus sp. (101898) |