Paraortygoides
| Paraortygoides Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | †Gallinuloididae |
| Genus: | †Paraortygoides Mayr, 2000 |
| Type species | |
| Paraortygoides messelensis Mayr, 2000 | |
| Other species | |
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Paraortygoides argillae Mayr and Kitchener, 2024 | |
Paraortygoides is an extinct genus of gallinuloidid bird that lived in what is now Europe during the Ypresian and Lutetian stages of the Eocene epoch.
Distribution
The type species, Paraortygoides messelensis, is known from the Messel Formation of Germany.[1] Another species, Paraortygoides argillae, occurred in the Walton Member of the London Clay Formation of England.[2]
References
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald (May 2000). "A new basal galliform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany)". Senckenbergiana Lethaea. 80 (1): 45–57. doi:10.1007/BF03043663. ISSN 0037-2110. Retrieved 12 April 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (1 August 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. 43 (6) e2374305. doi:10.1080/02724634.2024.2374305. ISSN 0272-4634.