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Tympanuchus

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Tympanuchus Gloger
1852Cupidonia Reichenbach
1891Tympanuchus Shufeldt p. 819
1902Tympanuchus Hay p. 534
1930Tympanuchus Hay p. 326
1933Tympanuchus Lambrecht p. 430
1935Tympanuchus Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Tympanuchus Wetmore p. 43
1944Tympanuchus Miller p. 92
1956Tympanuchus Wetmore p. 52
1982Tympanuchus Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
1992Tympanuchus Parmalee p. 312
2013Tympanuchus Wang et al.
2017Tympanuchus 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
genusTympanuchusGloger 1841

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. Tympanuchus Gloger 1841
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Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 [greater prairie chicken]
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Invalid names: Cupidonia americanus Reichenbach 1852 [synonym]
†Tympanuchus lulli Shufeldt 1915
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Ridgway 1873 [lesser prairie chicken]
Tympanuchus phasianellus Linnaeus 1758 [sharp-tailed grouse]
†Tympanuchus stirtoni Miller 1944
Invalid names: Cupidonia Reichenbach 1852 [synonym], Pedioecetes Baird 1858 [synonym]
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 Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 20.43000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) T. stirtoni (17912)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) T. lulli (176038)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) T. sp. (20293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) T. sp. (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pedioecetes phasianellus (82258 103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. cupido (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) T. sp. (152904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) T. pallidicinctus (71670 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Pedioecetes lucasii, Pedioecetes phasianellus, T. pallidicinctus, Pedioecetes nanus (176222) Pedioecetes phasianellus, Dendragapus lucasi, Dendragapus nanus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) T. cupido (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) T. cupido (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) T. phasianellus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Pedioecetes phasianellus, T. cupido (82890)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) T. cupido (195052)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Northwest Territories) T. phasianellus (228921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) T. americanus (195063) T. cupido (195062 195066)