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Turnicidae (buttonquail)

Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Turnicidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Turnicidae Gray
1985Turnicidae Olson
1988Turnicidae Carroll
1992Turnicidae Baird p. 26
2000Turnipacidae Mayr p. 626
2005Turnipacidae Mayr p. 318
2007Turnicidae Livezey and Zusi p. 92
2007Turnicidae Mayr and Knopf
2014Turnicidae del Hoyo et al.
2017Turnicidae Clements et al.
2022Turnicidae De Pietri et al. p. 237
2022Turnicidae Mayr p. 77 figs. Fig. 5.2

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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()
Saurischia()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderCharadriiformesHuxley 1867
familyTurnicidaeGray 1840
familyTurnicidaeGray 1840

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. Turnicidae Gray 1840 [buttonquail]
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G. Ortyxelos Vieillot 1819
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Ortyxelos meiffrenii Vieillot 1819
G. †Turnipax Mayr 2000
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Turnipax dissipata Mayr 2000
Turnipax oechslerorum Mayr and Knopf 2007
G. Turnix Bonnaterre 1791 [buttonquail]
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Turnix maculosus Temminck 1815 [red-backed buttonquail]
Turnix nigricollis Gmelin 1789 [Madgascar buttonquail]
Turnix suscitator Gmelin 1789 [barred buttonquail]
Turnix sylvaticus Desfontaines 1789 [small buttonquail]
Turnix varius Lathum 1802 [painted buttonquail]
Turnix varius novaecaledoniae Ogilvie-Grant 1889 [New Caledonian buttonquail]
Turnix velox Gould 1841 [little buttonquail]
Invalid names: Hemipodius Temminck 1815 [synonym]
Invalid names: Turnipacidae Mayr 2000 [synonym]
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: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:41:05
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MP 23 to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Turnipax dissipata (216364)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Cerestenia pulchrapenna (157327)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Turnipax oechslerorum (68021)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Turnicidae indet. (179146)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Turnicidae indet. (200296)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Turnix sp. (22333)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Turnix sp. (136076) Turnix varia (28298)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Turnix sp., Turnix varia (28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Turnix sylvatica (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Turnix varia (194980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Turnix sp. (68068 193383 193390)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Turnix varia, Turnix velox (181314) Turnix velox (136072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Timor-Leste Turnix maculosus (204406) Turnix sp., Turnix maculosus (204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Turnix suscitator (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Turnix nigricollis (195018)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Senegal Ortyxelos meiffrenii (215532)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Turnix sp. (194979)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Turnix nigricollis (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Victoria) Turnix varia (138410)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Turnix nigricollis (194027)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Turnix nigricollis (195020 236022)