''Palaeortyx'' is an extinct genus of

granivorous Seed predation, often referred to as granivory, is a type of plant-animal interaction in which granivores (seed predators) feed on the seeds of plants as a main or exclusive food source,Hulme, P.E. and Benkman, C.W. (2002) "Granivory", pp. 132 ...

galliform Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkeys, chickens, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems as seed dispersers and predators, and are often ...

bird that lived 28.4 to 2.588 million years ago.Mayr, G. ''et al.'' (2006
"A nearly complete skeleton of the fossil galliform bird ''Palaeortyx'' from the late Oligocene of Germany"
''Acta Ornithologica'', 41(2):129–135. doi:10.3161/000164506780143852 It lived from the early

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to the early

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and

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.Jánossy, D. (1993) "Bird Remains from the Upper Miocene (MN 9) of Rudabanya (N-Hungary)". ''Aquila'' 100(1):53–70.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7126492 Galliformes Fossil taxa described in 1869