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
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
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