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Phasianinae

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Phasianinae was named by Horsfield (1821). It is extant. Its type is Phasianus.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Phasianidae by Wang et al. (2013).

It was assigned to Phasianidae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mourer-Chauviré (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Watanabe et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Phasianinae Horsfield
1930Phasianinae Hay p. 328
1940Phasianinae Wetmore p. 46
1956Phasianinae Wetmore p. 56
2007Phasianinae Livezey and Zusi p. 90
2008Phasianinae Mourer-Chauviré
2014Phasianinae del Hoyo et al.
2018Phasianinae Watanabe et al. p. 472

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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
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—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
subfamilyPhasianinaeHorsfield 1821
subfamilyPhasianinaeHorsfield 1821

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.

Subfm. Phasianinae Horsfield 1821
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G. †Archaeophasianus Lambrecht 1933
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G. †Palaeophasianus Shufeldt 1913
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G. Bambusicola Gould 1863
Tr. Phasianini Horsfield 1821
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G. Chrysolophus Gray 1834 [pheasant]
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Chrysolophus amherstiae Leadbeater 1829 [Lady Amhersts pheasant]
Chrysolophus pictus Linnaeus 1758 [Golden pheasant]
G. †Diangallus Hou 1985
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†Diangallus mious Hou 1985
G. Lophura Fleming 1822
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Lophura ignita Shaw 1797 [Bornean crested fireback]
G. Syrmaticus Wagler 1832
Invalid names: Coturnicini Reichenbach 1848 [empty], Gallini Brehm 1831 [empty], Lophophorini Gray 1841 [empty], Pavonini Rafinesque 1815 [empty], Polyplectronini Blyth 1852 [empty], Tetraonini Leach 1820 [empty]
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: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Palaeophasianus meleagroides (74631)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Bambusicola sp., Diangallus mious (11798)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Coturnicini indet., Phasianus sp. (101898)