Palaeortyx

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Palaeortyx Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Early Pliocene
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Fossil, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Galliformes
Genus:	Palaeortyx

Palaeortyx is an extinct genus of galliform bird. It lived from the middle Eocene to the early Pliocene, and may be a phasianid or odontophorid. It is known from a complete skeleton, found in Germany.

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Projects
This article is part of Project Aves, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each bird, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Galliformes, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each gallinaceous bird, including made-up species. File:Pheasant.jpg This article is part of Project Phasianidae, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each pheasant and ally, including made-up species. This article is part of Project Extinct, a All Birds project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each extinct species, including made-up species.