Proagriocharis
Proagriocharis Temporal range: | |
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Reconstruction of Proagriocharis showing speculative plumage | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Phasianinae |
Tribe: | Tetraonini |
Genus: | †Proagriocharis Martin & Tate, 1970 |
Species: | †P. kimballensis |
Binomial name | |
†Proagriocharis kimballensis Martin & Tate, 1970 |
Proagriocharis is a genus of extinct turkey relatives from the upper Pliocene. It contained a single species, Proagriocharis kimballensis, known from Nebraska, which was smaller than most other turkeys.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Larry D. Martin & James Tate Jr. (1970). "A new turkey from the Pliocene of Nebraska" (PDF). The Wilson Bulletin. 82 (2): 214–218.