Namaortyx sperrgebietensis Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2011 (fowl)

Aves - Galliformes

Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré, M. Pickford, and B. Senut. 2011. The first Palaeogene galliform from Africa. Journal of Ornithology 152:617-622

Belongs to Namaortyx according to C. Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SS 8’08, a limb element (almost complete right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Silica South, which is in a Bartonian lacustrine limestone in Namibia.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Silica South

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