Rhegminornis
| Rhegminornis Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype specimen (a metatarsal), Florida Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Subfamily: | Phasianinae |
| Tribe: | Tetraonini |
| Genus: | † 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]
It is known from the Early Miocene (Burdigalian)-aged Alachua Formation of the Thomas Farm site.[3]
References
- ^ Storrs L. Olson & John Farrand Jr. (1974). "Rhegminornis restudies: a tiny Miocene turkey" (PDF). The Wilson Bulletin. 86 (2): 114–120. JSTOR 4160466.
- ^ "BioLib: Biological library".
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
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