Family Meleagrididae (Noun)
Meaning
Turkeys and some extinct forms.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Meleagrididae family comprises modern turkeys and their closest extinct relatives that date back to the Pliocene epoch.
- Some well-known extinct forms in the Meleagrididae family include the ocellated turkey and the South American fossil turkey-like bird, Proagriocharis.
- Scientists discovered fossils of a turkey-like bird from the Meleagrididae family that dates back over 23 million years ago in the Eocene epoch.
- Research has led scientists to categorize wild and domesticated turkeys within the Meleagrididae family.
- Phylogenetic studies confirm the distinct placement of modern turkeys and extinct turkey-like species within the Meleagrididae family.