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Odontophoridae (New World quail)
Taxonomy
Odontophoridae was named by Gould (1844). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Eo et al. (2009).
It was reranked as the family Odontophorinae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); it was reranked as the subfamily Odontophorinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1958) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Perdicidae by Hay (1930); to Phasianides by Lambrecht (1933); to Phasianidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1958) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Galli by Worthy et al. (2017); to Galliformes by Gutiérrez et al. (1983), Zink and Blackwell (1998), Eo et al. (2009), 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 family Odontophorinae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); it was reranked as the subfamily Odontophorinae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1958) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Perdicidae by Hay (1930); to Phasianides by Lambrecht (1933); to Phasianidae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Brodkorb (1958) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Galli by Worthy et al. (2017); to Galliformes by Gutiérrez et al. (1983), Zink and Blackwell (1998), Eo et al. (2009), Wang et al. (2013), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017); and to Galliformes by Mayr (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Odontophoridae Gould |
| 1930 | Odontophorinae Hay p. 327 |
| 1933 | Odontophoridae Lambrecht p. 436 |
| 1940 | Odontophorinae Wetmore p. 45 |
| 1956 | Odontophorinae Wetmore p. 54 |
| 1958 | Odontophorinae Brodkorb p. 253 |
| 1983 | Odontophoridae Gutiérrez et al. |
| 1998 | Odontophoridae Zink and Blackwell |
| 2007 | Odontophorinae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2009 | Odontophoridae Eo et al. |
| 2013 | Odontophoridae Wang et al. |
| 2014 | Odontophoridae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2014 | Odontophorinae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Odontophoridae Clements et al. |
| 2017 | Odontophoridae Worthy et al. |
| 2022 | Odontophorinae 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. Odontophoridae Gould 1844 [New World quail]
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G. Caccabis Kaup 1829
G. Callipepla Wagler 1832 [crested quail]
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Callipepla californica Shaw 1798 [California quail]
Callipepla douglasii Vigors 1829 [elegant quail]
Callipepla gambelii Gambel 1843 [Gambel's quail]
Invalid names: Lophortyx Bonaparte 1838 [synonym]
G. Colinus Goldfuss 1820 [bobwhite]
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Colinus cristatus Linnaeus 1758 [crested bobwhite]
†Colinus eatoni Shufeldt 1915
†Colinus hibbardi Wetmore 1944
†Colinus suilium Brodkorb 1959
Colinus virginianus Linnaeus 1758 [northern bobwhite]
Invalid names: Ortyx Stephens 1819 [replaced]
G. Cyrtonyx Gould 1844
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†Cyrtonyx cooki Wetmore 1934
Cyrtonyx montezumae Vigors 1830 [Montezuma quail]
Cyrtonyx ocellatus Gould 1837 [ocellated quail]
†Cyrtonyx tedfordi Miller 1952 [quail]
G. Odontophorus Vieillot 1816
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Odontophorus capueira Spix 1825 [Spot-winged wood-quail]
Odontophorus columbianus Gould 1850 [Venezuelan wood-quail]
Odontophorus guttatus Gould 1838 [spotted wood-quail]
Subfm. Ptilopachinae Bowie et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (65 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Nanortyx inexpectatus (52960) | |
| Orellan | USA (Colorado) | Odontophorinae indet. (17081) | |
| Neogene | USA (Arizona) | Colinus sp. (216972) Odontophoridae indet. (216971) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Miortyx teres (17912) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Cyrtonyx cooki (18001) | |
| Barstovian | USA (California) | Cyrtonyx tedfordi (74792) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (Oregon) | Lophortyx shotwelli (18970) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) | Caccabis sp. (44231) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | Colinus suilium (19752) | |
| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Colinus virginianus (20384) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Colinus virginianus (20350 20385 20415) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Colinus virginianus (20354) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Lophortyx californica (20639) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Caccabis petrosa (191730) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Callipepla douglasii (20495) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Colinus suilium (20491) Colinus virginianus (20398) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Puebla) | Callipepla squamata (230717) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Callipepla sp. (200313) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Colinus virginianus (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Callipepla californica (176267) Callipepla sp. (225801) Callipepla sp., Callipepla californica (106400) Lophortyx californica (44954 79630 190077 218989) Lophortyx sp. (73752) Oreortyx picta, Lophortyx californica (155409) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Colinus suilium (20571 20573 20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Colinus cristatus (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Colinus virginianus (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Colinus virginianus (82258 103991 104697) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Texas) | Colinus virginianus (85142) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Colinus virginianus (20638 74292 154936) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (Florida) | Colinus virginianus (154771) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Colinus virginianus (84190) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Oreortyx picta (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Odontophoridae indet. (71670) Oreortyx picta (93281) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Colinus sp. (152904) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Colinus virginianus (76060) Colinus virginianus, Cyrtonyx montezumae (76059) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial) | USA (Arizona) | Colinus gambelii, Cyrtonyx montezumae (93374) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Colinus virginianus (104035) | |
| Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Colinus virginianus (195062 195066) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Callipepla californica (194906 194909 194911 194917 194926 194928) Odontophoridae indet. (194908 194914) | |
| Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Colinus virginianus, Odontophorus guttatus, Cyrtonyx ocellatus (195047) |