Oreortyx Baird 1858 (New World quail)
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Reptilia - Theropoda - Odontophoridae
Parent taxon: Odontophoridae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Eo et al. 2009, Hay 1930, Schultz and Howard 1935, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Caccabis, Callipepla, Colinus, Cyrtonyx, Miortyx, Nanortyx, Odontophorus, Ptilopachinae
Subtaxa: Oreortyx pictus
Type: Ortyx picta
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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