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Extinct genus of birds
Palaeortyx fossil,
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle , Paris
Palaeortyx is an extinct genus of
granivorous
[1]
galliform bird that lived 28.4 to 2.588 million years ago.
[2] 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 ,
[3]
[4]
Italy ,
[5]
Hungary and
Romania .
[6]
[7]
[8]
[2]
References
^
"Palaeortyx Milne-Edwards 1869 (pheasant)" . Fossilworks . Retrieved 17 December 2021 .
^
a
b Mayr, G. et al. (2006)
"A nearly complete skeleton of the fossil galliform bird Palaeortyx from the late Oligocene of Germany" . Acta Ornithologica , 41(2):129–135. doi:10.3161/000164506780143852
^ Mourer-Chauviré, C. (1992) "The Galliformes (Aves) of Phosphorites Du Quercy (France): Systematics and Biostratigraphy". Natur. Hist. Mus. Los Angeles County. Sci. Ser. , 36:37–95.
^ Göhlich, U. B. & Mourer-Chauviré, C. (2005)
"Revision of the phasianids (aves: galliformes) from the Lower Miocene of Saint-Gérand-le-Puy (Allier, France)". Palaeontology , 48:1331–1350.
^ Göhlich, U. B. & Pavia, M. (2008)
"A New Species of Palaeortyx (Aves: Galliformes: Phasianidae) from the Neo-gene of Gargano, Italy ". Oryctos , 7:95–10.
^ Villalta, J. F. (1963) "Las aves fósiles del Mioceno español". Bol. Roy. Soc. Esp. Hist. Natur. Madrid , 61(2):263–285.
^ Jánossy, D. (1976) "Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin: I. Galliformes: 2. Phasianidae". Aquila , 83(1):29–42.
^ Jánossy, D. (1993) "Bird Remains from the Upper Miocene (MN 9) of Rudabanya (N-Hungary)". Aquila 100(1):53–70.
Genera of
landfowl and their extinct allies