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Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Cupidonia cupido pallidicincta was named by Ridgway (1873). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tympanuchus pallidicinctus by Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Schultz and Howard (1935), Wetmore (1940) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Cupidonia cupido pallidicincta Ridgway
1902Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Hay p. 534
1930Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Hay p. 326
1935Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Schultz and Howard p. 276
1940Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Wetmore p. 43
2017Tympanuchus pallidicinctus 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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—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
speciespallidicinctus(Ridgway 1873)

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 pallidicinctus Ridgway 1873 [lesser prairie chicken]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available