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Tetrax tetrax (little bustard)

Reptilia - Otidiformes - Otididae

Taxonomy
Otis tetrax was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tetrax tetrax by Bedetti and Pavia (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Carrera et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Otis tetrax Linnaeus p. 154
2002Otis tetrax Mlikovsky p. 99
2013Tetrax tetrax Bedetti and Pavia p. 37 figs. Pl 1, figs r-t
2017Tetrax tetrax Clements et al.
2018Tetrax tetrax Carrera et al. p. 154 figs. Pl 1, fig 12

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderOtidiformesWagler 1830
familyOtididaeGray 1840
genusTetraxForster 1817
speciestetrax()

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.

Tetrax tetrax Linnaeus 1758 [little bustard]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:39:15
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:39:15
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Tetrax tetrax (197789 197790)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Otis tetrax (35047)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Tetrax tetrax (197928)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom Otis tetrax (93837)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Otis tetrax (215365)