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Centuriavis, the Glossary

Centuriavis is an extinct genus of phasianid landfowl from the Miocene of Nebraska.^[1]

42 relations: Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Ash Hollow Formation, Black francolin, Blood pheasant, Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, Bulwer's pheasant, Cheer pheasant, Chinese bamboo partridge, Clarendonian, Common pheasant, Coracoid, Coturnicini, Galliformes, Greater sage-grouse, Grey partridge, Grouse, Himalayan monal, Holotype, Humerus, Hyperpallium, Koklass pheasant, Lady Amherst's pheasant, Lagopus, Long-billed partridge, Miocene, Nebraska, Olfactory bulb, Panraogallus, Pavonini, Perdix, Phasianidae, Pheasant, Red junglefowl, Reeves's pheasant, Rollulinae, Satyr tragopan, Superior colliculus, Synsacrum, Tarsometatarsus, Turkey (bird), Western capercaillie, White eared pheasant.
Birds described in 2022
Galliformes
Miocene birds of North America

Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Ash Hollow Formation

The Ash Hollow Formation of the Ogallala Group is a geological formation found in Nebraska and South Dakota.

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Black francolin

The black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes.

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Blood pheasant

The blood pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus) or blood partridge is a galliforme bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae and the only species in the genus Ithaginis.

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Bruce Museum of Arts and Science

The Bruce Museum (colloquially referred to as The Bruce or The New Bruce) is a art, science and natural history museum located in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Bulwer's pheasant (Lophura bulweri), also known as Bulwer's wattled pheasant, the wattled pheasant or the white-tailed wattled pheasant, is a Southeast Asian bird in the family Phasianidae endemic to the forests of Borneo.

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Cheer pheasant

The cheer pheasant (Catreus wallichii), also known as Wallich's pheasant or chir pheasant, is a vulnerable species of the pheasant family, Phasianidae.

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Chinese bamboo partridge

The Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus) is a small Galliform bird.

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Clarendonian

The Clarendonian North American Stage on the geologic timescale is the North American faunal stage according to the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology (NALMA), typically set from 13,600,000 to 9,000,000 years BP, a period of.

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Common pheasant

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae).

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Coracoid

A coracoid (from Greek κόραξ, koraks, raven) is a paired bone which is part of the shoulder assembly in all vertebrates except therian mammals (marsupials and placentals).

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Coturnicini

Coturnicini is a tribe of birds in the subfamily Phasianinae.

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Galliformes

Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl.

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Greater sage-grouse

The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), also known as the sagehen, is the largest grouse in North America.

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Grey partridge

The grey partridge (Perdix perdix), also known as the grey-legged partridge, English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

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Grouse

Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes, in the family Phasianidae.

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Himalayan monal

The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), also called Impeyan monal and Impeyan pheasant, is a pheasant native to Himalayan forests and shrublands at elevations of.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Humerus

The humerus (humeri) is a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow.

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Hyperpallium

The hyperpallium (formerly called the hyperstriatum or the wulst) is the destination for lemnothalamic projections in birds.

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Koklass pheasant

The koklass pheasant (Pucrasia macrolopha) is a species of gamebird, being closely related to progenitive grouse that lived during the Miocene.

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Lady Amherst's pheasant

Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) is a bird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae.

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Lagopus

Lagopus is a small genus of birds in the grouse subfamily commonly known as ptarmigans.

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Long-billed partridge

The long-billed partridge (Rhizothera longirostris) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a triply landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Olfactory bulb

The olfactory bulb (Latin: bulbus olfactorius) is a neural structure of the vertebrate forebrain involved in olfaction, the sense of smell.

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Panraogallus

Panraogallus is an extinct genus of phasianid bird (the family that contains pheasants and their relatives) from the Late Miocene of what is now China. Centuriavis and Panraogallus are galliformes.

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Pavonini

Pavonini is a tribe of bird in the subfamily Phasianinae.

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Perdix

Perdix is a genus of Galliform gamebirds known collectively as the 'true partridges'.

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Phasianidae

The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl. Centuriavis and Phasianidae are galliformes.

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Pheasant

Pheasants are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.

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Red junglefowl

The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus), also known as the Indian red junglefowl (and formerly the bankiva or bankiva-fowl), is a species of tropical, predominantly terrestrial bird in the fowl and pheasant family, Phasianidae, found across much of Southeast and parts of South Asia.

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Reeves's pheasant

Reeves's pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) is a large pheasant within the genus Syrmaticus.

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Rollulinae

Rollulinae is a bird subfamily containing the jungle and wood partridges.

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Satyr tragopan

The satyr tragopan (Tragopan satyra) also known as the crimson horned pheasant, is a pheasant found in the Himalayan reaches of India, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan.

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Superior colliculus

In neuroanatomy, the superior colliculus is a structure lying on the roof of the mammalian midbrain.

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Synsacrum

The synsacrum is a skeletal structure of birds and other dinosaurs, in which the sacrum is extended by incorporation of additional fused or partially fused caudal or lumbar vertebrae.

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The tarsometatarsus is a bone that is only found in the lower leg of birds and some non-avian dinosaurs.

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Turkey (bird)

The turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris, native to North America.

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Western capercaillie

The western capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), also known as the Eurasian capercaillie, wood grouse, heather cock, cock-of-the-woods, or simply capercaillie, is a heavy member of the grouse family and the largest of all extant grouse species.

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White eared pheasant

The white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon), also known as Dolan’s eared pheasant or Bee's pheasant, is a species of "eared pheasant" that get its name because its colouration is white and has the prominent ear tufts of the genus, not because it has white ears.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centuriavis

Centuriavis, the Glossary

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Birds described in 2022

Galliformes

Miocene birds of North America

References