''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. 13 ...

galliform Galliformes is an order (biology), order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey (bird), turkeys, chickens, Old World quail, quail, and other landfowl. Gallinaceous birds, as they are called, are important in their ecosystems ...

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

Eocene The Eocene ( ) is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes ...

to the early

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch (geology), epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.33 to 2.58phasianid or odontophorid. It is known from several fossils found in

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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