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Tetrao macropus

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Tetrao macropus
Temporal range: Late Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Tetrao
Species:
T. macropus
Binomial name
Tetrao macropus
Jánossy, 1976

Tetrao macropus is an extinct species of Tetrao that lived during the Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

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Tetrao macropus fossils are known from Hungary.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Jánossy, Dénes (1976). "Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin. I. Galliformes. 1. Tetraonidae". Aquila. 82: 13–36.