Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1915. Fossil birds in the Marsh Collection of Yale University. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 19:1-110

Belongs to Phasianus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Shufeldt 1915 and Stone 1915

Sister taxa: Phasianus alfhildae, Phasianus bulgaricus, Phasianus colchicus, Phasianus etuliensis, Phasianus hermonis, Phasianus lufengia, Phasianus mioceanus

Type specimen: YPM 956, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus)

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: found only at Paulina Creek (Miocene of Oregon)

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