Chauvireria
Extinct genus of Plotopteridae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chauvireria is an extinct genus of small-sized landfowl, belonging to the family Phasianidae, and closely related to modern partridges, Old World quails and francolins. Two species are known from the genus : C. balcanica, the type species, and C. bulgarica. Both species lived in what is today Western Bulgaria during the Early Pleistocene.[1][2]
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Chauvireria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Galliformes |
Family: | Phasianidae |
Subfamily: | Pavoninae |
Genus: | †Chauvireria Boev, 1997 |
Type species | |
Chauvireria balcanica Boev, 1997 | |
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