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Family MELEAGRIDIDAE : Turkeys 



Genus MELEAGRIS Linneaus 



Mcleagris Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. lo, vol. i, 1758, p. 156. Type, by tau- 

 tonymy, Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus. 



Meleagris gallopavo Linnaeus : Turkey "^^ 

 Meleagris Gallopavo Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, 1758, p. 156. 



Modern form reported from Upper Pliocene (Rexroad formation) : 

 Meade County Kansas. Pleistocene : Hartman's or Crystal Hill Cave, 

 near Stroudsburg, and Durham Cave, near Riegelsville, Bucks County, 

 and caves near Carlisle, Pennsylvania ; North Liberty, St. Joseph 

 County, Indiana ; Ashmore, Coles County, Illinois ; caves of Tennes- 

 see ; fissure beds, Arkansas ; Seminole Field, Pinellas County, Sara- 

 sota, Bradenton, Itchtucknee River, Melbourne, and cavern deposits at 

 Ocala and Lecanto, Florida ; near San Antonio, Socorro County, New 

 Mexico. ^^ 



Meleagris antiqua Marsh 



Meleagris antiquus Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, vol. 2, August 1871, 

 p. 126. 



Oligocene (White River formation) : "G Ranch," Colorado. 



Meleagris celer Marsh 



Meleagris celer Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, vol. 4, October 1872, p. 261. 



Pleistocene : Monmouth County, New Jersey. 



Meleagris richmondi Siiufeldt 



Meleagris richmondi Siiufeldt, Trans. Connecticut Acad. Arts Sci., vol. 19, 

 February 1915, p. 67, pi. 2, fig. 19. 



Pleistocene: Near Mission San Jose, Alameda County, California. 



Meleagris superba Cope 



Meleagris superbus Cope, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc, n.s., vol. 14, pt. i, 

 December 1870, p. 239. 



Pleistocene: Monmouth County (type locality), and Manalapan,^^ 

 New Jersey ; Frankstown and Port Kennedy caves, Pennsylvania. 



''^ Ardea sellardsi Shufeldt, 9th Ann. Rep. Florida State Geol. Surv., 1917, 

 p. 38, pi. 2, fig. 15, from Vero (stratum 3) is a synonym of Meleagris gallopavo 

 according to Wetmore, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vol. 85, No. 2. Apr. 13, 1931, 

 pp. 10- 1 1, 32-33. Tiie deposit is now considered to be of Recent age. See Cooke, 

 Florida Geol. Surv. Geol. Bull. 29, 1945, pp. 306-307. 



'^'^ Possibly Upper Pliocene. 



''^ Type locality of Meleagris alius Marsh, Amer. Journ. Sci., ser. 3, vol. 4, 

 1872, p. 260, which is a synonym. 



