Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : Meleagris : Meleagris altus |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : Meleagris : Meleagris altus |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Meleagris |
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Scientific Name | Meleagris altus Marsh, 1872 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Meleagris altus | species | belongs to Meleagris | stated without evidence | Marsh, 1872 | Meleagris altus | species | subjective synonym of Meleagris superba | stated without evidence | Shufeldt, 1915 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Phasianidae) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Diet | granivore (based on Phasianidae) |
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Reproduction | oviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda) |
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Ontogeny | accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda) |
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Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110 |
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Shufeldt R. W. (1915) Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19, 1-110 |
Cope E. D. , Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part III. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14, 235-252 |
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024 |