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Meleagris tridens ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8686549https://www.gbif.org/species/8686549
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)289714https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=289714
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : Meleagris : Meleagris tridens
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : Meleagris : Meleagris tridens
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
-Neognathae
-GalloanseraeSibley and Ahlquist 1990
superorderGalloanserimorphae
orderGalliformesTemminck 1820
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
genusMeleagrisLinnaeus 1758
speciesMeleagris tridensWetmore 1931
Generic NameMeleagris
Scientific NameMeleagris tridens Wetmore, 1931
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Meleagris tridensspeciesbelongs to Meleagrisstated with evidenceWetmore, 1931
Meleagris tridensspeciesbelongs to Meleagrisstated without evidenceLambrecht, 1933
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Phasianidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietgranivore (based on Phasianidae)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. Wetmore. 1931. The avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 85(2):1-41

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1931Meleagris tridens Wetmore p. 33 fig. 13
1933Meleagris tridens Lambrecht p. 448
1940Meleagris tridens Wetmore p. 48

References

Wetmore A. (1931) The avifauna of the Pleistocene in Florida, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 85 2, 1-41
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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