Family Gallinuloididae Phylum Chordata Order Galliformes | Class Aves Genus Gallinuloides Rank Species | |
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Scientific name Gallinuloides wyomingensis Similar Galliformes, Ludiortyx, Fluvioviridavis, Primobucco, Palaeortyx | ||
Gallinuloides is a prehistoric genus of primitive galliform bird. It lived about 48 million years ago in North America. The type specimen was found in a Green River Formation deposit in Wyoming.
The former Gallinuloides prentici was eventually placed (after a brief stint in Grus) in a distinct genus Paragrus; it is no galliform but belongs to the Geranoididae (Lambrecht 1933:520).
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