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Lyrurus tetrix (black grouse)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao tetrix Linnaeus
1927Lyrurus tetrix Boule and De Villeneuve p. 86
1960Lyrurus tetrix Rudenko
1998Tetrao tetrix Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 57
2002Tetrao tetrix Mlikovsky p. 168
2006Tetrao tetrix Crowe et al. p. 527
2008Tetrao tetrix Zelenkov et al.
2014Lyrurus tetrix del Hoyo et al.
2017Tetrao tetrix Clements et al.
2018Lyrurus tetrix Carrera et al. p. 151

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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
genusLyrurusSwainson 1832
speciestetrix()

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.

Lyrurus tetrix Linnaeus 1758 [black grouse]
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) Tetrao tetrix (44231)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Lyrurus tetrix (125445)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Lyrurus tetrix (125088)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Lyrurus tetrix (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Lyrurus tetrix (79548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Tetrao tetrix (194807 194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Lyrurus tetrix (197769 197770 197771 197772 197773 197774 197787 197788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Lyrurus tetrix (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Lyrurus tetrix (124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Tetrao tetrix (197946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Tetrao tetrix (209130 209152 209158 209162)