Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 17() 1972

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VOL 17() 1972

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Rustaviornis georgicus gen. et sp. n., a new fossil bird from the Hipparion fauna of Georgia

• N.I. ВURGHAK-ABRAMOVICH
• G.K. MELADZE

Abstract:

The authors give a description of a new avian genus and species, Rustaviornis georgicus novum genus et sp., of the order Galliformes from Eastern Georgia. Dating: Upper Sarmatian — Meotian. The description is based on a distal fragment of the left tibiotarsal bone. The species is an intermediate form between the genera Phasianus and Lyrurus.