After Sibley & Monroe, 1990, with Finnish vernacular names from Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992
<==o Meleagrididae (turkeys; kalkkunat) |-- †Rhegminornis calobates |-- †Proagriocharis kimballensis |-- Agriocharis ocellata (warty turkey; syyläkalkkuna) `--o Meleagris (turkeys; kalkkunat) |-- †M. sp.1 |-- †M. sp.2 [Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina] [Olson & Rasmussen, 2001] |-- †M. progenes |-- †M. leopoldi |-- †M. anza |-- †M. californica `-- M. gallopavo (turkey; kalkkuna)
Reference(s):
- Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196 - Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420 - Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985 - Olson, S. L. & Rasmussen, P. D., 2001: Miocene and Pliocene birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina. 233-365
in Ray, C. E. & Bohaska, D. J., (eds.) 2001: Geology and paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: No. 90, iii-365 - Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, J., BL., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990, XXIV-1111