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Taxon:
Taoniscus nanus
(Temminck, 1815)
- dwarf tinamou
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Taxon:
Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Reptilia
............................................Eureptilia
..............................................Romeriida
................................................Diapsida
..................................................Eosuchia
....................................................Neodiapsida
......................................................Sauria
........................................................Archosauromorpha
..........................................................Archosauria
............................................................Avesuchia
..............................................................Avemetatarsalia
................................................................Ornithodira
..................................................................Dinosauromorpha
....................................................................Dinosauriformes
......................................................................Dinosauria
........................................................................Saurischia
..........................................................................Eusaurischia
............................................................................Theropoda
..............................................................................Tetanurae
................................................................................Avetheropoda
..................................................................................Coelurosauria
....................................................................................Tyrannoraptora
......................................................................................Maniraptoriformes
........................................................................................Maniraptora
..........................................................................................Paraves
............................................................................................Avialae
..............................................................................................Class Aves - birds
................................................................................................Pygostylia
..................................................................................................Ornithothoraces
....................................................................................................Ornithuromorpha
......................................................................................................Ornithurae
........................................................................................................Carinatae
..........................................................................................................Subclass Neornithes
............................................................................................................Cohort Palaeognathae
..............................................................................................................Subcohort Crypturi
................................................................................................................Superorder Dromaeomorphae
..................................................................................................................Order Tinamiformes
....................................................................................................................Family Tinamidae - tinamous
......................................................................................................................Subfamily Rhynchotinae
........................................................................................................................Genus Taoniscus
..........................................................................................................................(Species Taoniscus pavoninus)
..........................................................................................................................Species Taoniscus nanus - dwarf tinamou
Paleontology
Geologic time
:
Pleistocene
-
Present
Ref:
P. Brodkorb, 1963
: 195
Geography
Geographic region
:
Brazil
Region
:
Southeastern
Distribution
:
Endemic
Ecology/Habitat
Global 200 ecoregion
:
Cerrado Woodlands and Savannas
Ref:
S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012