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Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Tetrao cupido was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Tympanuchus.

It was recombined as Cupidonia cupido by Reichenbach (1852); it was recombined as Tympanuchus cupido by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Parmalee (1958), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao cupido Linnaeus p. 160
1852Cupidonia americanus Reichenbach
1852Cupidonia cupido Reichenbach
1902Tympanuchus cupido Hay p. 534
1930Tympanuchus cupido Hay p. 326
1943Tympanuchus americanus Wetmore p. 55
1958Tympanuchus cupido Parmalee p. 172
1992Tympanuchus cupido Parmalee p. 312
2017Tympanuchus cupido 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
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusTympanuchusGloger 1841
speciescupido()

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.

Tympanuchus cupido Linnaeus 1758 [greater prairie chicken]
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Invalid names: Cupidonia americanus Reichenbach 1852 [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: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Tympanuchus cupido (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tympanuchus cupido (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tympanuchus cupido (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Tympanuchus cupido (82890)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Tympanuchus cupido (195052)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Tympanuchus americanus (195063) Tympanuchus cupido (195062 195066)