Reptilia - Galliformes - Gallinuloididae
Full reference: G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener. 2024. The galliform birds from the lower Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, U.K.): new species suggest faunal connections to AsiaCitation for this article: Mayr, G. & Kitchener, A. C. (2024) The galliform birds from the lower Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, U.K.): new species suggest faunal connections to Asia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2374305. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Belongs to Paraortygoides according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2024
Sister taxa: Paraortygoides messelensis, Paraortygoides radagasti
Type specimen: NMS.Z.2021.40.174, a set of limb elements (roximal end of left femur, distal ends of both femora, distal portion of right tibiotarsus, proximal and distal portions of both tarsometatarsi, pedal phalanges). Its type locality is Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS), which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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