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Tetraonidae (grouse)
Taxonomy
Tetraonidae was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Tetraoninae by Peterson (1999) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Alectoropodes by Hay (1902); to Galloidae by Hay (1930); to Phasianides by Lambrecht (1933); to Phasianoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Phasanidae by Peterson (1999); to Galliformes by Crowe et al. (2006); and to Phasianidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was reranked as the subfamily Tetraoninae by Peterson (1999) and Livezey and Zusi (2007).
It was assigned to Alectoropodes by Hay (1902); to Galloidae by Hay (1930); to Phasianides by Lambrecht (1933); to Phasianoidea by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Phasanidae by Peterson (1999); to Galliformes by Crowe et al. (2006); and to Phasianidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Tetraonidae Linnaeus |
| 1902 | Tetraonidae Hay p. 534 |
| 1930 | Tetraonidae Hay p. 325 |
| 1933 | Tetraonidae Lambrecht p. 430 |
| 1940 | Tetraonidae Wetmore p. 43 |
| 1956 | Tetraonidae Wetmore p. 52 |
| 1999 | Tetraoninae Peterson |
| 2006 | Tetraonidae Crowe et al. |
| 2007 | Tetraoninae Livezey and Zusi |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available