†Taoperdix Milne-Edwards 1869 (fowl)
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Parent taxon: Galliformes according to G. Mayr and I. Weidig 2004
See also Brodkorb 1967, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2009, Mlikovsky 2002 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: Amitabha, Archaealectrornis, Argillipes, Bumbanipodius, Bumbanortyx, Craci, Cracidae, Galli, Gallinuloididae, Galloidae, Gigantibis, Megapodiidae, Namaortyx, Numididae, Odontiphorinidae, Odontophoridae, Paraortygidae, Paraortyx, Phasanidae, Phasiani, Phasianidae, Procrax, Quercymegapodiidae, Scopelortyx, Sobniogallus, Sylviornithes, Waltonortygidae
Subtaxa: Taoperdix miocaena Taoperdix pessieti
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Le Bretou (Eocene of France)
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