Palaeortyx

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]

Palaeortyx
Temporal range: Middle Oligocene to Early Pleistocene
Palaeortyx fossil at Musee d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: †Palaeortyx
Milne-Edwards, 1869
Species
  • Palaeortyx caluxyensis
  • Palaeortyx edwardsi
  • Palaeortyx gallica
  • Palaeortyx intermedia
  • Palaeortyx major
  • Palaeortyx miocaena
Palaeortyx fossil, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris

References
  1. "Palaeortyx Milne-Edwards 1869 (pheasant)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Villalta, J. F. (1963) "Las aves fósiles del Mioceno español". Bol. Roy. Soc. Esp. Hist. Natur. Madrid, 61(2):263–285.
  7. Jánossy, D. (1976) "Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin: I. Galliformes: 2. Phasianidae". Aquila, 83(1):29–42.
  8. Jánossy, D. (1993) "Bird Remains from the Upper Miocene (MN 9) of Rudabanya (N-Hungary)". Aquila 100(1):53–70.
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