Extinct species of bird
Lophogallus Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | †Lophogallus Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2010 |
Species: | †L. naranbulakensis
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Binomial name | |
†Lophogallus naranbulakensis Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2010
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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※
- ^ 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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