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Chambiortyx

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Extinct genus of birds

Chambiortyx
Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Superorder: Galloanserae
Clade: Pangalliformes
Genus: Chambiortyx
Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2013
Type species
Chambiortyx cristata
(Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2013)

Chambiortyx is a genus of pangalliform bird. It is known from a fossil of the early Eocene of Tunisia.

References

  1. Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2013) A new taxon of stem group Galliformes and the earliest record for stem group Cuculidae from the Eocene of Djebel Chambi, Tunisia.
Genera of landfowl and their extinct allies
Pangalliformes
incertae sedis
Gallinuloididae
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Sylviornis neocaledoniae
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Mitu mitu
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Taxon identifiers
Chambiortyx
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