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Dendragapus gilli milleri Jehl, 1969

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Dendragapus milleri Jehl, 1969

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

North America

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

https://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+1214+0130

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Jehl, J. R., Jr. (1969). Fossil Grouse of the genus Dendragapus. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 15(12): 165-174.

 

Other references:

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

 

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