Palaeophasianus Shufeldt 1913 (pheasant)

Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Parent taxon: Phasianinae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Carroll 1988, Cracraft 1968, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Archaeophasianus, Coturnicini, Gallini, Lophophorini, Pavonini, Perdicini, Phasianini, Polyplectronini, Tetraonini

Subtaxa: Palaeophasianus meleagroides

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Type: Palaeophasianus meleagroides

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: found only at East of Dry Camp 2 (AMNH) (Eocene of Wyoming)

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