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Centrocercus urophasianus (greater sage-grouse)

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Tetrao urophasianus was named by Bonaparte (1827). It is extant. It is the type species of Centrocercus.

It was recombined as Centrocercus urophasianus by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Tetrao urophasianus Bonaparte
1930Centrocercus urophasianus Hay p. 326
1940Centrocercus urophasianus Wetmore p. 44
1956Centrocercus urophasianus Wetmore p. 53
2017Centrocercus urophasianus 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
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusCentrocercusSwainson 1832
speciesurophasianus(Bonaparte 1827)

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.

Centrocercus urophasianus Bonaparte 1827 [greater sage-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: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Centrocercus urophasianus (152653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Centrocercus urophasianus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Centrocercus urophasianus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Centrocercus urophasianus (93326)