Miogallus

Miogallus; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Family:	Phasianidae
Genus:	Miogallus; Lambrecht, 1933
Species:	M. altus
Binomial name
	Miogallus altus; Milne-Edwards, 1869
Synonyms
	?Miophasianus; Miogallus longaevus;

Miogallus is an extinct genus of large pheasant that lived during the Miocene of Europe. It contains a single species, Miogallus altus.[1][2]

References

Ursula B. Göhlich; Martin Gross (2014). "The Sarmatian (late Middle Miocene) avian fauna from Gratkorn, Austria" (PDF). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (1).
Gerald Mayr (31 October 2016). Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-1-119-02076-9.

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