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: Waltonortygidae according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2024

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Waltonortyx bumbanipodiides

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Type: Waltonortyx bumbanipodiides

Ecology: volant herbivore

Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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