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Palaeortyx

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Palaeortyx Milne-Edwards
1890Palaeortyx Zittel p. 847
1908Palaeortyx Gaillard p. 97
1933Palaeortyx Lambrecht p. 449
1939Palaeortyx Gaillard p. 21
1967Palaeortyx Brodkorb p. 112
1988Palaeortyx Carroll
2003Palaeortyx Gohlich p. 244
2004Palaeortyx Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 308
2006Palaeortyx Mayr et al. p. 130
2008Palaeortyx Mourer-Chauviré
2021Palaeortyx Sánchez‐Marco
2022Palaeortyx Mayr p. 55 figs. Fig. 4.8

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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
—Paraves
classAves
—PygostyliaChiappe 2002
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusPalaeortyxMilne-Edwards 1869

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. †Palaeortyx Milne-Edwards 1869
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†Palaeortyx blanchardi Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaeortyx brevipes Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaeortyx caluxyensis Gaillard 1908
†Palaeortyx gaillardi Lambrecht 1933
†Palaeortyx gallica Milne-Edwards 1869
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Invalid names: Coturnix miocenica de Villalta 1963 [synonym], Palaeortyx depereti Ennouchi 1930 [synonym], Palaeortyx grivensis Lydekker 1893 [synonym], Palaeortyx ocyptera Milne-Edwards 1891 [synonym], Rallus dasypus Milne-Edwards 1891 [synonym]
†Palaeortyx intermedia Ballman 1966
†Palaeortyx joleaudi Ennouchi 1930
†Palaeortyx major Gaillard 1939
†Palaeortyx media Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaeortyx phasianoides Milne-Edwards 1871
†Palaeortyx volans Gohlich and Pavia 2008
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 MP 28 to the top of the Pliocene or 28.40000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Allier) P. brevipes (181646)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. gallica (71942)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Auvergne) P. intermedia (125333)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain P. joleaudi (222696)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) P. intermedia (68040)
Orleanian - Middle Miocene20.0 - 11.608France (Rhône-Alpes) P. intermedia (26723)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Spain (Catalonia) P. phasianoides (176265)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) P. intermedia (34615)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Spain (Soria) P. joleaudi (40755)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) P. gallica (78572)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain P. gallica, P. phasianoides, P. joleaudi (70806)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) P. gallica (40768)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain P. joleaudi (190007)
Vallesian - Turolian11.608 - 5.333Italy (Foggia) P. volans (32931 32942 32952)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) P. phasianoides, P. grivensis (75481)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain P. joleaudi (78514)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) P. joleaudi (35339 222699)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Coturnix miocenica (216283)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) P. gallica (172910 172914 172915 172916 199859)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Southern Moldavia) P. intermedia (39424)