The Early Eocene bird Gallinuloides wyomingensis — a stem group representative of Galliformes

G. Mayr, and I. Weidig

2004

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Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(2):211-217

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Archaealectrornis
• Gallinuloides wyomingensis
• Paraortygidae
• Paraortygoides
• Paraortygoides messelensis
• Quercymegapodiidae
• Taoperdix pessieti

Taxonomy:

• Gallinuloididae belongs to Galliformes - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Gallinuloides belongs to Gallinuloididae - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Paraortygoides belongs to Gallinuloididae - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Paraortygoides messelensis belongs to Paraortygoides - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Gallinuloides wyomingensis belongs to Gallinuloides - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Procrax belongs to Galliformes - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Taoperdix belongs to Galliformes - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Taoperdix pessieti belongs to Taoperdix - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Archaealectrornis belongs to Galliformes - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Paraortygidae belongs to Galliformes - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Quercymegapodiidae belongs to Galliformes - Mayr and Weidig (2004)
• Amitabha belongs to Galliformes - Mayr and Weidig (2004)