Palaealectoris
Palaealectoris
Extinct genus of Plotopteridae
Palaealectoris is an extinct monotypic genus of landfowl, belonging to the family Tetraonidae, distantly related with modern grouses. Its fossilized remains, found in the Marsland Formation, a part of the Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in Nebraska, and in the Calvert Formation in Maryland, are dated from the Early Miocene.[1]