†Cerestenia Mayr 2000 (buttonquail)
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Aves - Charadriiformes - Turnicidae
Full reference: G. Mayr. 2000. Charadriiformbirds from the early Oligoceneof C6reste(France)and theMiddle Eoceneof Messel (Hessen,Germany). Geobios 33(5):625-636
Parent taxon: Turnipacidae according to G. Mayr 2000
Sister taxa: Ortyxelos, Turnipax, Turnix
Subtaxa: Cerestenia pulchrapenna
Type: Cerestenia pulchrapenna
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Céreste (PNR Luberon collection) (Oligocene of France)
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