Tetrao macropus

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Tetrao macropus
Temporal range: Late Pliocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetrao
Species:
T. macropus
Binomial name
Tetrao macropus
Jánossy, 1976

Tetrao macropus is an extinct species of Tetrao that lived during the Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

Tetrao macropus fossils are known from Hungary. [1]

References

  1. Jánossy, Dénes (1976). "Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin. I. Galliformes. 1. Tetraonidae". Aquila. 82: 13–36.