| Miogallus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | †Miogallus Lambrecht, 1933 |
| Species: | †M. altus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Miogallus altus Milne-Edwards, 1869 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Miogallus is an extinct genus of largepheasant that lived during the Miocene of Europe. It contains a single species,Miogallus altus.[1][2]
Miogallus altus is better known as Miophasianus altus found by Mlíkovský who found the genus Miophasianus Lambrech in 1933 to be a nomen nudum. Even if the genus name Miophasianus was made available later by Brodkorb, we agree with Mlikovský that Miogallus longaevus Lambrecht, 1933 is very probably a junior synonym of M. altus. As a consequence of the priority of Miogallus Lambrecht, 1933 over Miophasianus Brodkorb, 1952, the species must be named Miogallus altus.[3]
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