†Palaeophasianus meleagroides Shufeldt 1913 (pheasant)
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Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Belongs to Palaeophasianus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cracraft 1968, Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH No. 5128, a set of limb elements (distal end of left tibiotarsus, proximal and distal ends of left tarsometatarsus, and broken pieces of long bones). Its type locality is East of Dry Camp 2 (AMNH), which is in a Wasatchian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution: found only at East of Dry Camp 2 (AMNH)
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