Megalocoturnix
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| Megalocoturnix Temporal range: | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Family: | Phasianidae |
| Genus: | †Megalocoturnix Marco, 2009 |
| Species: | †M. cordoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Megalocoturnix cordoni Marco, 2009 | |
Megalocoturnix is an extinct monotypic genus of perdicine bird that lived in the Iberian Peninsula during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.