Revision of non-passeriform birds from Polgárdi (Hungary, Late Miocene): 2. Galliformes
- Autores: Zelenkov N.1
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Afiliações:
- Borissiak Paleontological Institute
- Edição: Volume 50, Nº 6 (2016)
- Páginas: 623-634
- Seção: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/166611
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116060162
- ID: 166611
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A taxonomic revision of Galliformes (Aves) from the Upper Miocene of Polgárdi has confirmed the presence of five taxa. A large pheasant originally described as Pavo aesculapi phasianoides Jánossy, 1991 is referred to the genus Syrmaticus as a valid species, S. phasianoides (Jánossy, 1991), comb. nov. Small phasianids are represented in Polgárdi by four taxa: Mioryaba magyarica gen. et sp. nov., Eurobambusicola turolicus gen. et sp. nov., Plioperdix hungarica (Jánossy, 1991), and a form similar in size to Mioryaba magyarica, but having a more primitive structure of the tarsometatarsus and carpometacarpus.
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N. Zelenkov
Borissiak Paleontological Institute
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Email: nzelen@paleo.ru
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