Cyrtonyx cooki Wetmore 1934 (New World quail)

Reptilia - Galliformes - Odontophoridae

Belongs to Cyrtonyx according to A. Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Cyrtonyx montezumae, Cyrtonyx ocellatus, Cyrtonyx tedfordi

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Thomson Quarry (Miocene of Nebraska)

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