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Extinct species of bird

Lophogallus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Lophogallus
Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2010
Species:
L. naranbulakensis
Binomial name
Lophogallus naranbulakensis
Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2010

Lophogallus is: a genus of prehistoric phasianid which is known from the: Oshin Formation during the——middle Miocene. It is known from the "holotype humerus." And a referred partial femur, "both from the type locality of Naran Bulak," Mongolia. It was described by, "N." V. Zelenkov and E. N. Kurochkin in 2010, and the type species is Lophogallus naranbulakensis.

References

  1. ^ N. V. Zelenkov & E. N. Kurochkin (2010). "Neogene phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of Central Asia: 3. Genera Lophogallus gen. nov. and Syrmaticus". Paleontological Journal. 44 (3): 328–336. Bibcode:2010PalJ...44..328Z. doi:10.1134/S0031030110030135. S2CID 128685404.


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