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Phasianus

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy

Phasianus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Phasianus colchicus. It is the type genus of Phasianidae, Phasianinae.

It was assigned to Phasianinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Phasianini by Hou (1985); and to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species

P. alfhildae, P. americanus, P. bulgaricus, P. colchicus (type species), P. etuliensis, P. hermonis, P. lufengia, P. mioceanus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Phasianus Linnaeus
1930	Phasianus Hay p. 328
1933	Phasianus Lambrecht p. 441
1940	Phasianus Wetmore p. 46
1956	Phasianus Wetmore p. 56
1985	Phasianus Hou p. 120
2002	Phasianus Mlikovsky p. 166
2017	Phasianus Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
—	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
—	Ornithothoraces
—	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae
—	Carinatae	Merrem 1813
suborder	Galliformes	(Temminck 1820)
family	Phasianidae	Horsfield 1821
genus	Phasianus	Linnaeus 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. Phasianus Linnaeus 1758

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†Phasianus alfhildae Shufeldt 1915

†Phasianus americanus Shufeldt 1915

†Phasianus bulgaricus Boev 2020

Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus 1758 [ring-necked pheasant]

†Phasianus etuliensis Bocheński and Kuročkin 1987

†Phasianus hermonis Gaudry 1862

†Phasianus lufengia Hou 1985

†Phasianus mioceanus Shufeldt 1915

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 Bridgerian to the top of the Holocene or 50.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.7 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian - Early/Lower Uintan	50.3 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	P. alfhildae (224184)
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Nebraska)	P. mioceanus (17485)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (Oregon)	P. americanus (19006)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	China (Yunnan)	P. lufengia (11798)
Turolian	8.7 - 5.333	Bulgaria	P. bulgaricus (209223)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	New Zealand	P. colchicus (100554)