Neortyx peninsularis Holman, 1961:200

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Florida, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Holotype: UF/PB 1224

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Holman, J. A. (1961). Osteology of living and fossil New World Quails (Aves: Galliformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 6(2): 131-233.

Other references:

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.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/16308/late-pleistocene-animals

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