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Pterocles orientalis (black-bellied sandgrouse)

Reptilia - Pterocliformes - Pteroclidae

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

It was recombined as Pterocles orientalis by Bedetti and Pavia (2013) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tetrao orientalis Linnaeus p. 161
2013Pterocles orientalis Bedetti and Pavia p. 40 figs. Pl 2, fig b
2017Pterocles orientalis 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()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderPterocliformesHuxley 1868
familyPteroclidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPteroclesTemminck 1815
speciesorientalis()

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.

Pterocles orientalis Linnaeus 1758 [black-bellied sandgrouse]
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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: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: Calabrian or 1.80600 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Italy Pterocles orientalis (197789 197790)