Chambiortyx
Chambiortyx Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Superorder: | Galloanserae |
Clade: | Pangalliformes |
Genus: | †Chambiortyx Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2013 |
Type species | |
†Chambiortyx cristata (Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2013)
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Chambiortyx is a genus of Galliformes bird. It is known from a fossil of the early Eocene of Tunisia.[1]
References[]
- ^ Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2013) A new taxon of stem group Galliformes and the earliest record for stem group Cuculidae from the Eocene of Djebel Chambi, Tunisia.
Categories:
- Prehistoric bird genera
- Galliformes
- Eocene birds
- Prehistoric birds of Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 2013
- Prehistoric bird stubs