Reptilia - Galliformes - Waltonortygidae
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
Parent taxon: Galliformes according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2024
Sister taxa: Amitabha, Archaealectrornis, Argillipes, Bumbanipodius, Bumbanortyx, Craci, Cracidae, Galli, Gallinuloididae, Galloidae, Gigantibis, Megapodiidae, Namaortyx, Numididae, Odontiphorinidae, Odontophoridae, Paraortygidae, Paraortyx, Phasanidae, Phasiani, Phasianidae, Procrax, Quercymegapodiidae, Scopelortyx, Sobniogallus, Sylviornithes, Taoperdix
Subtaxa: Waltonortyx
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)