†Nanortyx Weigel 1963 (New World quail)
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Aves - Galliformes - Odontophoridae
Full reference: R. D. Weigel. 1963. Oligocene birds from Saskatchewan. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 26(3):257-262
Parent taxon: Odontophoridae according to R. D. Weigel 1963
Sister taxa: Caccabis, Callipepla, Colinus, Cyrtonyx, Miortyx, Odontophorus, Oreortyx, Ptilopachinae
Subtaxa: Nanortyx inexpectatus
Type: Nanortyx inexpectatus
Ecology: volant herbivore
Distribution: found only at Calf Creek bird locality (Eocene of Saskatchewan)
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