Chambiortyx
Extinct genus of birds
Chambiortyx Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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) |
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.
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Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Superorder: Galloanserae
- Clade: Pangalliformes
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