Gallinuloides
Extinct genus of birds
Gallinuloides is a prehistoric genus of pangalliform bird. It lived about 48 million years ago in North America. The type specimen was found in a Green River Formation deposit in Wyoming.
The former Gallinuloides prentici was eventually placed (after a brief stint in Grus) in a distinct genus Paragrus; it is no pangalliform but belongs to the Geranoididae (Lambrecht 1933:520).
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- Gallinuloides wyomingensis.jpg by Gerald Mayr and Ilka Weidig, CC BY 2.0
- Gallinuloides fossil.jpg by Gerald Mayr and Ilka Weidig, CC BY 2.0
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