Palaeortyx caluxyensis Gaillard 1908 (pheasant)

Aves - Galliformes - Phasianidae

Full reference: C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178

Belongs to Palaeortyx according to C. Gaillard 1939

See also Gaillard 1908, Lambrecht 1933 and Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: Palaeortyx blanchardi, Palaeortyx brevipes, Palaeortyx gaillardi, Palaeortyx gallica, Palaeortyx intermedia, Palaeortyx joleaudi, Palaeortyx major, Palaeortyx media, Palaeortyx phasianoides, Palaeortyx volans

Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaeortyx caluxyensis in the database

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