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Taxonomy
Numididae was named by Reichenbach (1850). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Numidinae by Livezey and Zusi (2007) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Phasianidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Galli by Worthy et al. (2017); to Galliformes by Olson (1972), Carroll (1988), Wang et al. (2013), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Galliformes by Mayr (2022).
It was reranked as the subfamily Numidinae by Livezey and Zusi (2007) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Phasianidae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Galli by Worthy et al. (2017); to Galliformes by Olson (1972), Carroll (1988), Wang et al. (2013), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Galliformes by Mayr (2022).
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1850 | Numididae Reichenbach |
1934 | Telecrecinae Wetmore |
1967 | Telecrecinae Brodkorb p. 131 |
1972 | Numididae Olson p. 248 |
1988 | Numididae Carroll |
2007 | Numidinae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
2013 | Numididae Wang et al. |
2014 | Numididae del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Numididae Clements et al. |
2017 | Numididae Worthy et al. |
2022 | Numidinae Mayr p. 55 figs. Fig. 4.8 |
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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.
Fm. Numididae Reichenbach 1850 [guineafowl]
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G. Numida Linnaeus 1766 [helmeted guineafowl]
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Numida meleagris Linnaeus 1758 [helmeted guineafowl]
Invalid names: Telecrecinae Wetmore 1934 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Livezey 1997, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irdinmanhan to the top of the Holocene or 48.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.2 Ma
Collections (21 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Irdinmanhan | Mongolia | Telecrex grangeri (84512) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Numida sp. (32050) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Tanzania | Numida sp. (21830) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | Numida sp. (21798 21799 21802 21806 21831) | |
Gelasian | Tanzania | Numida sp. (21804) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Numida sp. (21826) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Numida meleagris (95827 195018) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Numida meleagris (21902 21903 21904 21958 208787) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Beanka) | Numida meleagris (205190 205193) | |
Holocene | Madagascar | Numida meleagris (195020) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Numida meleagris (92733) |