Scopelortyx klinghardtensis Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2015 (fowl)

Aves - Galliformes

Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauvire, M. Pickford, and B. Senut. 2015. Stem group galliform and stem group psittaciform birds (Aves, Galliformes, Paraortygidae, and Psittaciformes, family incertae sedis) from the Middle Eocene of Namibia. Journal of Ornithology 156(1):275-286

Belongs to Scopelortyx according to C. Mourer-Chauvire et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSN EC 6-02'13, a limb element (right coracoid). Its type locality is Eocliff, which is in a Bartonian spring limestone in Namibia.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Eocliff

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