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Plioperdix

Plioperdix
Temporal range: Neogene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: †Plioperdix
Kretzoi, 1955
Species
  • Plioperdix ponticus
  • Plioperdix africana
  • Plioperdix hungarica?

Plioperdix is an extinct genus of phasianid that lived during the Neogene period.

Distribution

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Plioperdix ponticus inhabited Moldova and southern Ukraine during the Zanclean and Transbaikalia and Mongolia during the Piacenzian.[1] P. africana inhabited Morocco during the Piacenzian.[2] P. hungarica is known from the Late Miocene of Hungary and Russia,[3] though its validity as a species of Plioperdix has been questioned.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Zelenkov, Nikita V.; Kurochkin, Evgeny N. (7 June 2009). "Neogene phasianids (Aves: Phasianidae) of Central Asia: 2. Genera Perdix, Plioperdix, and Bantamyx". Paleontological Journal. 43 (3): 318–325. doi:10.1134/S0031030109030113. ISSN 0031-0301. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
  2. ^ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Geraads, Denis (26 May 2010). "The Upper Pliocene avifauna of Ahl al Oughlam, Morocco. Systematics and biogeography. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy". Records of the Australian Museum. 62 (1): 157–184. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1538. ISSN 0067-1975. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. ^ Zelenkov, Nikita V.; Panteleyev, Andrey V. (September 2015). "Three bird taxa (Aves: Anatidae, Phasianidae, Scolopacidae) from the Late Miocene of the Sea of Azov (Southwestern Russia)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 89 (3): 515–527. doi:10.1007/s12542-014-0238-0. ISSN 0031-0220. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
  4. ^ Zelenkov, Nikita V.; Gorobets, L. V. (7 October 2020). "Revision of Plioperdix (Aves: Phasianidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Ukraine". Paleontological Journal. 54 (5): 531–541. doi:10.1134/S0031030120050159. ISSN 0031-0301. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.


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