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Gallus (junglefowl)
Taxonomy
Gallus was named by Brisson (1766). It is extant.
It was assigned to Aves by Norell and Clarke (2001); to Ornithuromorpha by Wang et al. (2014); and to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Burley (2019).
It was assigned to Aves by Norell and Clarke (2001); to Ornithuromorpha by Wang et al. (2014); and to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Wang et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Burley (2019).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1766 | Gallus Brisson |
| 1933 | Gallus Lambrecht p. 443 |
| 2001 | Gallus Norell and Clarke p. 183 |
| 2002 | Gallus Mlikovsky p. 164 |
| 2007 | Gallus Livezey and Zusi p. 25 |
| 2013 | Gallus Wang et al. |
| 2014 | Gallus Wang et al. |
| 2017 | Gallus Clements et al. |
| 2019 | Gallus Worthy and Burley |
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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.
G. Gallus Brisson 1766 [junglefowl]
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†Gallus beremendensis Jánossy 1976
†Gallus bravardi Gervais 1852
†Gallus europaeus Harrison 1978
Gallus gallus Linnaeus 1758 [chicken]
†Gallus moldovicus Burčak-Abramovič and Ganea 1993
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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (82 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Attica) | Gallus aescullapi (182754) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Gallus beremendensis (35359) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) | Gallus bravardi (44231) | |
| MN 17 | France (Rhone-Alpes) | Gallus bravardi (47150) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Georgia | Gallus dmanisiensis (189020) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Gallus sp., Gallus europaeus (78015) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Gallus sp. (191730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Romania | Gallus gallus (197949) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Gallus gallus (190743) | |
| Holocene | Northern Mariana Islands | Gallus gallus (194625) | |
| Holocene | Marshall Islands | Gallus gallus (194995 194999) | |
| Holocene | Cook Islands | Gallus gallus (193448 193451 193452 193453 194756 194758 194759 194760 194761 194762 194764) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | Gallus gallus (100554) | |
| Holocene | Tonga (Vava'u) | Gallus gallus (208862 208863 208864 208865 208867) | |
| Holocene | Vanuatu (Efate) | Gallus gallus (185434) | |
| Holocene | Micronesia, Federated States of | Gallus gallus (194650 194651 194652 194653) | |
| Holocene | French Polynesia | Gallus gallus (177149 193468 193472 193473 194675 198008 198009 198017 198019 231180) | |
| Holocene | Wallis and Futuna | Gallus gallus (193795 193796) | |
| Holocene | USA (Hawaii) | Gallus gallus (110073) | |
| Holocene | Solomon Islands | Gallus gallus (177150 209059 209060 209061 209062 209063 209064 209065 209066 209067 209068 209075 209079 209080 209082 209084 209085 209086 209091 209094 209096 209097 209098 209099) | |
| Holocene | French Southern Territories | Gallus gallus (194621) | |
| Holocene | Niue | Gallus gallus (193848 193849 193850 193851 193852 193873) | |
| Holocene | Tonga | Gallus gallus (194751 194752 194753) | |
| Holocene | American Samoa | Gallus gallus (193800) |