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Tetrao urogallus (western capercaillie)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Tetrao urogallus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus p. 159
1998Tetrao urogallus Burchak-Abramovich and Burchak p. 57
2002Tetrao urogallus Mlikovsky p. 167
2017Tetrao urogallus Clements et al.
2018Tetrao urogallus Carrera et al. p. 150 figs. Pl 1, fig 3

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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
genusTetraoLinnaeus 1758
speciesurogallus

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.

Tetrao urogallus Linnaeus 1758 [western capercaillie]
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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: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Tetrao urogallus (125464)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Tetrao urogallus (125088)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Tetrao urogallus (197769 197771 197787 197788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Tetrao urogallus (194807)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Tetrao urogallus (197946 197947)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland Tetrao urogallus (209130 209132 209134 209146 209148 209149 209151 209154 209160 209162 209163)