Paraortygoides
Extinct genus of gallinuloidid bird
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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.
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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 | |
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]
