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Palaeophasianus meleagroides

Reptilia - Phasianidae

Taxonomy
Palaeophasianus meleagroides was named by Shufeldt (1913). Its type specimen is 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), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East of Dry Camp 2 (AMNH), which is in a Wasatchian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Palaeophasianus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Palaeophasianus meleagroides Shufeldt
1915Palaeophasianus meleagroides Shufeldt p. 50
1930Palaeophasianus meleagroides Hay p. 328
1933Palaeophasianus meleagroides Lambrecht p. 438
1940Palaeophasianus meleagroides Wetmore p. 45
1956Palaeophasianus meleagroides Wetmore p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Avialae
—Ornithothoraces
—OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithurae
—CarinataeMerrem 1813
suborderGalliformes(Temminck 1820)
familyPhasianidaeHorsfield 1821
subfamilyPhasianinaeHorsfield 1821
genusPalaeophasianusShufeldt 1913
speciesmeleagroidesShufeldt 1913

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: granivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:53:00
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:53:00
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range: Wasatchian or 54.90000 to 50.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Palaeophasianus meleagroides (type locality: 74631)