Rhegminornis

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Rhegminornis
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Subfamily: Phasianinae
Tribe: Tetraonini
Genus: Rhegminornis
Wetmore, 1943
Species:
R. calobates
Binomial name
Rhegminornis calobates
Wetmore, 1943

Rhegminornis calobates is an extinct species of turkey from the early Miocene of Florida. It was described by Alexander Wetmore in 1943.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Storrs L. Olson & John Farrand Jr. (1974). "Rhegminornis restudies: a tiny Miocene turkey" (PDF). The Wilson Bulletin. 86 (2): 114–120. JSTOR 4160466.
  2. ^ "BioLib: Biological library".