Lophogallus Temporal range: Middle Miocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Genus: | †Lophogallus Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2010 |
Species: |
†L. naranbulakensis
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Binomial name | |
†Lophogallus naranbulakensis Zelenkov & Kurochkin, 2010 |
Lophogallus is a genus of prehistoric phasianid which is known from the Oshin Formation during the middle Miocene. It is known from the holotype humerus and a referred partial femur, both from the type locality of Naran Bulak, Mongolia.[1] It was described by N. V. Zelenkov and E. N. Kurochkinin2010, and the type species is Lophogallus naranbulakensis.[1]
Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies
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