The earliest record of a galliform bird in Asia, from the late Paleocene–early Eocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank J. Geisler, B. Kraatz, M. Mihlbachler, and the rest of the crew from the 2006 expedition for assistance in the field. We also thank B. Kraatz for providing photographs of the specimen. This research was supported by the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, and field work was funded by additional contributions from the American Philosophical Society (Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research) and Georgia Southern University.