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A taxonomic revision of Galliformes (Aves) from the Upper Miocene of Polgárdi has confirmed the presence of five taxa. A large pheasant originally described as Pavo aesculapi phasianoides Jánossy, 1991 is referred to the genus Syrmaticus as a valid species, S. phasianoides (Jánossy, 1991), comb. nov. Small phasianids are represented in Polgárdi by four taxa: Mioryaba magyarica gen. et sp. nov., Eurobambusicola turolicus gen. et sp. nov., Plioperdix hungarica (Jánossy, 1991), and a form similar in size to Mioryaba magyarica, but having a more primitive structure of the tarsometatarsus and carpometacarpus.
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Original Russian Text © N.V. Zelenkov, 2016, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2016, No. 6, pp. 79–91.
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Zelenkov, N.V. Revision of non-passeriform birds from Polgárdi (Hungary, Late Miocene): 2. Galliformes. Paleontol. J. 50, 623–634 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116060162
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