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Francolinus (francolin)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Francolinus was named by Stephens (1819). It is extant.

It was assigned to Perdicidae by Lambrecht (1933); and to Phasianidae by Olson (1985), Louchart et al. (2008), Wang et al. (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species
F. capeki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Francolinus Stephens
1933Francolinus Lambrecht p. 433
1985Francolinus Olson p. 161
2008Francolinus Louchart et al. p. 159
2013Francolinus Wang et al.
2017Francolinus 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
genusFrancolinusStephens 1819

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. Francolinus Stephens 1819 [francolin]
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†Francolinus capeki Lambrecht 1933
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: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ethiopia Francolinus sp. (192304)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Francolinus sp. (100313)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Francolinus sp. large, Francolinus sp. small (32050)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Francolinus capeki (35354)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Francolinus sp. (21830)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Francolinus sp. (21798 21800 21806 21810 21811 21831)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Francolinus sp. (22333)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Francolinus capeki (35368)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Francolinus minor, Francolinus capeki (35358)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Francolinus sp. (21804 21805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Croatia (Istria) Francolinus sp. (40500)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Francolinus capeki (35428 35431)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Francolinus sp. (21953)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Francolinus sp. (22074)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkmenistan Francolinus sp. (40695)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Francolinus sp. (22066)