Biology:Proagriocharis

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Short description: Extinct species of bird

Proagriocharis
Temporal range: Pliocene
Reconstruction of Proagriocharis showing speculative plumage
Scientific classification edit
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Proagriocharis
Martin & Tate, 1970
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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

  1. Larry D. Martin & James Tate Jr. (1970). "A new turkey from the Pliocene of Nebraska". The Wilson Bulletin 82 (2): 214–218. http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v082n02/p0214-p0218.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7246820 entry