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Tetrao

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao Linnaeus
2002Tetrao Mlikovsky p. 167
2006Tetrao Crowe et al. p. 527
2017Tetrao Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
—Paraves
classAves
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusTetraoLinnaeus 1758

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.

G. Tetrao Linnaeus 1758
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†Tetrao conjugens Jánossy 1974
†Tetrao macropus Jánossy 1967
†Tetrao praeurogallus Jánossy 1969
†Tetrao rhodopensis Boev 1998
Tetrao urogalloides Middendorff 1853 [black-billed capercaillie]
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Invalid names: Tetrao parvirostris Bonaparte 1856 [synonym]
Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 [western capercaillie]
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, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Holocene or 3.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) T. macropus (35354)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) T. conjugens (35358)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) T. urogallus (125464)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom T. urogallus (125088)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy T. urogallus (197769 197771 197787 197788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania T. urogallus (197946 197947)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation T. urogallus (194807)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation T. parvirostris (194810)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland T. sp., T. urogallus (209134 209148) T. urogallus (209130 209132 209146 209149 209151 209154 209160 209162 209163)