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| Ludiortyx Temporal range:Late Eocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes (?) |
| Genus: | Ludiortyx Brodkorb, 1964 |
| Species: | L. hoffmanni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ludiortyx hoffmanni (Gervais, 1852) | |
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Ludiortyx is a birdgenus from the LateEocene. Its remains have been found in theMontmartre Formation at theMontmartre (Paris,France). A single species is accepted,Ludiortyx hoffmanni.
This bird is of uncertain relationships; it has been variously considered to be an ancestralrail or to belong to theQuercymegapodiidae, a prehistoric group ofGalliformes (landfowl). The material assigned to it were initially considered to be of 2 species, one that was at first believed to be aTringawader, the other assigned to the galliform genusPalaeortyx.[1] Even the latter assignment was probably much in error as though its relationships are not known,Palaeortyx was probably not a quercymegapodiid.
Apart from the genus-level synonymEortyx,L. hoffmanni has undergone quite a number of name changes due to the confusion about its placement: [1]
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