Palaealectoris incertus Wetmore 1930

Aves - Galliformes - Galloidae

Alternative combination: Palaeoalectoris incertus

Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1930. Two fossil birds from the Miocene of Nebraska. Condor 32(3):152-154

Belongs to Palaealectoris according to A. Wetmore 1956

See also Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1930 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 2190, a limb element (left humerus with part of shaft missing). Its type locality is Agate Springs Quarries, which is in a Harrisonian channel sandstone in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Distribution: found only at Agate Springs Quarries

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