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Panraogallus hezhengens (1 Viewer)

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Li, Z. et al. (2018). Vocal specialization through tracheal elongation in an extinct Miocene pheasant from China. Scientific Reports 8(1): 8099. [Abstract]

Systematic paleontology.
AVES Linnaeus, 1758
GALLIFORMES Linnaeus, 1758
PHASIANIDAE Vigors, 1825
Panraogallus hezhengensis gen et sp. nov.

Etymology.
The genus name is the pinyin of the Chinese characters meaning ‘coiling’ and the Latin for ‘chicken,’
referring to the preserved elongate trachea in this species. The specific epithet, ‘hezhengensis’ refers to Hezheng
area in the Linxia Basin of Gansu Province where abundant fossils, including the holotype, have been collected
 
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