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Miophasianus

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy

Miophasianus was named by Lambrecht (1933).

It was assigned to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933), Gaillard (1939), Carroll (1988) and Sánchez‐Marco (2021).

Species

M. altus (syn. Phasianus desnoyersi, Palaeortyx maxima, Gallus longaevus, Tantalus milneedwardsii, Ardea similis, Phasianus augustus), M. medius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Miophasianus Lambrecht p. 439
1939	Miophasianus Gaillard p. 53
1988	Miophasianus Carroll
2021	Miophasianus Sánchez‐Marco

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
—	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
—	Ornithothoraces
—	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae
—	Carinatae	Merrem 1813
suborder	Galliformes	(Temminck 1820)
family	Phasianidae	Horsfield 1821
genus	Miophasianus

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.

G. †Miophasianus Lambrecht 1933

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†Miophasianus altus Milne-Edwards 1871

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Invalid names: Ardea similis Fraas 1870 [synonym], Gallus longaevus von Ammon 1918 [synonym], Palaeortyx maxima Lydekker 1893 [synonym], Phasianus augustus von Ammon 1918 [synonym], Phasianus desnoyersi Milne-Edwards 1871 [synonym], Tantalus milneedwardsii Shufeldt 1896 [synonym]

†Miophasianus medius Milne-Edwards 1871

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: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 12 or 16.90000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.03 - 11.608	Spain (Castile-La Mancha)	M. sp. (136269)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.97	Spain (Catalonia)	M. altus (176265)
Langhian	15.97 - 13.82	Spain (Catalonia)	M. altus (180192)
MN 5 - MN 7 + 8	15.97 - 11.1	France (Rhône-Alpes)	Tantalus milneedwardsii (110928)
Badenian	13.65 - 12.7	Slovakia	Miogallus altus (73137)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Spain (Cataluña)	M. altus, M. medius (78572)
MN 9	11.1 - 9.7	Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén)	M. medius (75481)
MN 10	9.7 - 8.7	Spain	M. medius (195492)
MN 12	7.75 - 7.246	Ukraine (Odessa)	M. sp. (167995)