Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 34(2) 1991

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VOL 34(2) 1991

Keywords:

cf. Lagopus sp., Lagopus atavus, Tetraoninae, Pliocene, Poland

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Pliocene grouse of the genus Lagopus from Poland

• Zygmunt BOCHEŃSKI

Abstract:

Lagopus atavus JÄNOSSY, 1974, from Rębielice Królewskie 1 (MN 16) is redescribed and the lectotype is designated. The fragment of tibiotarsus from Węże 1(MN 15) is assigned as cf. Lagopus sp. The fragment of Lagopus from Kielniki 3B(MN17) is described and included into L. atavus. The history of the genus Lagopus begins in Europe in the Early Pliocene.