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'''''Paleophasianus''''' is a extinct genus of flightless [[Geranoidid|Geranoididae]] bird that lived in North America during the Eocene period. Shufeldt classified Paleophasianus as a [[Galliform]] when described at 1913, and later transferred to [[Cracidae]] in 1964 by Brodkorb. However Cracraft 1968 had placed it to [[Gruiformes]]. <ref>{{cite journal |first=Joel|last=Cracraft|date=August 1969|url= |
'''''Paleophasianus''''' is a extinct genus of flightless [[Geranoidid|Geranoididae]] bird that lived in North America during the Eocene period. Shufeldt classified Paleophasianus as a [[Galliform]] when described at 1913, and later transferred to [[Cracidae]] in 1964 by Brodkorb. However Cracraft 1968 had placed it to [[Gruiformes]]. <ref>{{cite journal |first=Joel|last=Cracraft|date=August 1969|url=https://research.amnh.org/vz/ornithology/pdfs/1969b.Novitates%20Geranoididae.pdf|title=Systematics and Evolution of the Gruiformes |
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Paleophasianus is a extinct genus of flightless Geranoididae bird that lived in North America during the Eocene period. Shufeldt classified Paleophasianus as a Galliform when described at 1913, and later transferred to Cracidae in 1964 by Brodkorb. However Cracraft 1968 had placed it to Gruiformes. [1]
References
- ^ Cracraft, Joel (August 1969). "Systematics and Evolution of the Gruiformes (Clas,Aves)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates.
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