Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata | Class Aves Order Galliformes | |
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Genus Palaeortyx
Milne-Edwards, 1869 People also search for Galliformes, Ludiortyx, Argillipes | ||
Palaeortyx is an extinct genus of flying granivores galliform bird that lived 28.4 to 2.588 million years ago. It lived from the early Eocene to the early Pliocene, and may be a phasianid or odontophorid. It is known from several fossils found in Germany, France, Italy, Hungary and Romania.
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