Description of the type-series of Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Deperet, 1892 (Aves: Phasianidae) with the selection of a lectotype

被引：12

作者：

Pavia, Marco ^{[1
]}

Goehlich, Ursula B. ^{[2
]}

Mourer-Chauvire, Cecile ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Sci Terra, Museo Geol & Paleontol, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[2] Nat Hist Museum Vienna, Dept Geol & Paleontol, A-1010 Vienna, Austria

[3] Univ Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5276, Lab Geol Lyon, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France

来源：

COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL | 2012年 / 11卷 / 04期

关键词：

Galliformes; Phasianidae; Palaeocryptonyx; Neogene; Pleistocene; France; Taxonomy;

D O I：

10.1016/j.crpv.2011.12.002

中图分类号：

Q91 [古生物学];

学科分类号：

0709 ; 070903 ;

摘要：

We have re-examined the original type-series of Palaeocryptonyx donnezani Deperet, 1892 housed in the Laboratoire de Geologie de Lyon, Universite Claude-Bernard Lyon 1 (France), and have selected a lectotype and paralectotypes. P. donnezani is the type species of the extinct genus Palaeocryptonyx, known from six species from different European Neogene and Pleistocene fossil localities. The species have been compared with different medium-sized Phasianidae species on the basis of our own study and data from the literature. The systematic position of P. donnezani has been questioned, because it has been misplaced in the extant genera Alectoris and Cotumix, but our analysis confirms its validity and its attribution to a separate genus; hence we also confirm the validity of the genus Palaeocryptonyx. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS on behalf of l'Academie des sciences.

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