Full reference: C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178
Parent taxon: Galliformes according to B. Sigé et al. 1998
See also Gaillard 1908, Gaillard 1939, Lambrecht 1933 and Mlikovsky 2002
Sister taxa: Amitabha, Archaealectrornis, Argillipes, Bumbanipodius, Bumbanortyx, Craci, Cracidae, Galli, Gallinuloididae, Galloidae, Gigantibis, Megapodiidae, Namaortyx, Numididae, Odontiphorinidae, Odontophoridae, Paraortygidae, Phasanidae, Phasiani, Phasianidae, Procrax, Quercymegapodiidae, Scopelortyx, Sobniogallus, Sylviornithes, Taoperdix
Subtaxa: Paraortyx brancoi Paraortyx lorteti
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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