Ludiortyx
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Ludiortyx is a bird genus from the Late Eocene. Its remains have been found in the Montmartre Formation at the Montmartre (Paris, France). A single species is accepted, Ludiortyx hoffmanni.
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Quick Facts Ludiortyx Temporal range: Late Eocene, Scientific classification ...
Ludiortyx Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes (?) |
Genus: | Ludiortyx Brodkorb, 1964 |
Species: | L. hoffmanni |
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Ludiortyx hoffmanni (Gervais, 1852) | |
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This bird is of uncertain relationships; it has been variously considered to be an ancestral rail or to belong to the Quercymegapodiidae, a prehistoric group of Galliformes (landfowl). The material assigned to it were initially considered to be of 2 species, one that was at first believed to be a Tringa wader, the other assigned to the galliform genus Palaeortyx.[1] Even the latter assignment was probably much in error as though its relationships are not known, Palaeortyx was probably not a quercymegapodiid.