Dendragapus gilli milleri Jehl, 1969

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Dendragapus milleri Jehl, 1969

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

North America

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+1214+0130

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Jehl, J. R., Jr. (1969). Fossil Grouse of the genus Dendragapus. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 15(12): 165-174.

 

Other references:

Matthews, Thomas J., Wayman, Joseph P., Cardoso, Pedro, Sayol, Ferran, Hume, Julian P., Ulrich, Werner, Tobias, Joseph A., Soares, Filipa C., Thébaud, Christophe, Martin, Thomas E. and Triantis, Kostas A. (2022). Threatened and extinct island endemic birds of the world: Distribution, threats and functional diversity. Journal of Biogeography 49(11): 1920-1940. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14474 [Appendix S1 (.docx); Appendix S2 (.pdf)]

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M.,  Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

 

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