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
Belongs to Waltonortyx according to G. Mayr and A. C. Kitchener 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMS.Z.2021.40.175, a partial skeleton (thoracic vertebra, right coracoid, fragmentary proximal end of right humerus, left phalanx proximalis digiti majoris)). 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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