†Tympanuchus stirtoni Miller 1944 (pheasant)
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Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae
Full reference: A. H. Miller. 1944. An avifauna from the lower Miocene of South Dakota. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(4):85-100
Belongs to Tympanuchus according to A. H. Miller 1944
See also Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Tympanuchus cupido, Tympanuchus lulli, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, Tympanuchus phasianellus
Type specimen: UCMP 34455, a limb element (proximal end of left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Flint Hill North, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: volant granivore
Distribution: found only at Flint Hill North
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