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Tympanuchus luUi Shufeldt 



Tympamichus lulli Shufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, 

 February 1915, p. 69, pi. 12, fig. 90. 



? Pleistocene : '^° Hornerstown, New Jersey, 



Tympanuchus stirtoni Miller 



Tympamichus stirtoni A. H. Miller, Univ. California Pub!., Bull. Dept. Geol. 

 Sci., vol. 27, No. 4, June 22, 1944, p. 92, fig. 6. 



Lower Miocene (Rosebud formation) : Flint Hill, 9 miles west- 

 southwest of Martin, Bennett County, South Dakota, 



Genus PEDIOECETES Baird 



Pedioecetes Baird, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R. R. Pac, vol. 9, 1858, pp. xxi, xliv. 

 Type, by monotypy, Tetrao phasianellns Linnaeus. 



Pedioecetes phasianellus (Linnaeus) : Sharp-tailed Grouse 

 Tetrao Phasianellus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 160. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon. 



Genus CENTROCERCUS Swainson 



Centrocerais Swainson, in Swainson and Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., 

 vol. 2, 1831 (1832), pp. 358, 496. Type, by original designation, Tetrao 

 urophasianus Bonaparte. 



Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte) : Sage Grouse 



Tetrao urophasianus Bonaparte, Zool. Journ., vol. 3, No. 10, April-September, 

 1827, p. 213. 



Modern form reported from late Pleistocene : Fossil Lake, Oregon, 



Genus PALAEALECTORIS Wetmore 



Palaealectoris Wetmore, Condor, vol. 32, No. 3, May 15, 1930, p. 152. Type, 

 by monotypy, Palaealectoris incertus Wetmore. 



Palaealectoris incertus Wetmore 



Palaealectoris incertus Wetmore, Condor, vol. 32, No. 3, May 15, 1930, p. 152, 

 figs. 51-53- 



Lower Miocene (Lower Harrison beds) : Agate fossil quarry, near 

 Agate, Sioux County, Nebraska. 



Genus PALAEOTETRIX Shufeldt 



Palaeotetrix Shufeldt, Amer. Nat., vol. 25, No. 297, September 1891, p. 821, 

 Type, by monotypy, Palaeotetrix cjilli Shufeldt. 



^° Cited in the original description as "Post-Pliocene.' 



