†Palaealectoris Wetmore 1930 (grouse)
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Aves - Galliformes - Galloidae
Alternative spelling: Palaeoalectoris
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1930. Two fossil birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. Condor 32(3):152-154
Parent taxon: Tetraonidae according to A. Wetmore 1956
See also Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1930 and Wetmore 1940
Sister taxon: Pediocaetes
Subtaxa: Palaealectoris incertus
Ecology: volant browser
Distribution: found only at Agate Springs Quarries ( of Nebraska)
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