Reptilia - Galliformes - Phasianidae

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 americanus, Phasianus bulgaricus, Phasianus colchicus, Phasianus etuliensis, Phasianus hermonis, Phasianus lufengia, Phasianus mioceanus

Type specimen: YPM 947. Its type locality is Haystack Mountain [YPM], which is in a Bridgerian/Uintan terrestrial claystone in Wyoming.

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: found only at Haystack Mountain [YPM]

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