†Colinus eatoni Shufeldt 1915 (bobwhite)
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Reptilia - Galliformes - Odontophoridae
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 Colinus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Colinus cristatus, Colinus hibbardi, Colinus suilium, Colinus virginianus
Type specimen: YPM 949, a limb element (carpometacarpus)
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Colinus eatoni in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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