Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Alternative combination: Archaeophasianus mioceanus
Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110
Belongs to Phasianus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Phasianus alfhildae, Phasianus americanus, Phasianus bulgaricus, Phasianus colchicus, Phasianus etuliensis, Phasianus hermonis, Phasianus lufengia
Type specimen: YPM 908, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is Chimney Rock (Arikaree), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution: found only at Chimney Rock (Arikaree)
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