Palaeophasianus

{{Taxobox | name = Paleophasianus | fossil_range = {{fossil range|early [[Eocene}} | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Gruiformes | familia = Geranoididae | genus = Paleophasianus
Shufeldt,1913 | subdivision_ranks = species | subdivision = Paleophasianus meleagroides
Shufeldt,1913 | synonyms =

?Geranoides

}}

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). "A hamerkop from the early Pliocene of South Africa (Aves: Scopidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)

[1] Cracraft, Joel (August 1969). "A hamerkop from the early Pliocene of South Africa (Aves: Scopidae)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. {{cite journal}}: Check |url= value (help)

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