Coturnix coturnix Linnaeus 1758 (common quail)
PaleoDB taxon number: 365980
Alternative combination: Tetrao coturnix
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Coturnix according to L. Carrera et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Coturnix gomerae, Coturnix japonica, Coturnix novaezelandiae, Coturnix pectoralis