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Palaeophasianus
Taxonomy
Palaeophasianus was named by Shufeldt (1913). Its type is Palaeophasianus meleagroides.
It was assigned to Phasianinae by Hay (1930); to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Tetraonidae by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Aramidae by Cracraft (1968); and to Geranoididae by Carroll (1988) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Phasianinae by Hay (1930); to Phasianidae by Lambrecht (1933); to Tetraonidae by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Aramidae by Cracraft (1968); and to Geranoididae by Carroll (1988) and Mayr (2022).
Species
P. meleagroides (type species)
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available