This bird is of uncertain relationships; it has been variously considered to be an ancestral rail or to belong to the Quercymegapodiidae, a prehistoric group of Galliformes (landfowl). The material assigned to it were initially considered to be of 2 species, one that was at first believed to be a Tringawader, the other assigned to the galliform genus Palaeortyx.[1] Even the latter assignment was probably much in error as though its relationships are not known, Palaeortyx was probably not a quercymegapodiid.
Synonymsedit
Apart from the genus-level synonym Eortyx, L. hoffmanni has undergone quite a number of name changes due to the confusion about its placement: [1]
ludiortyx, this, article, factual, accuracy, disputed, relevant, discussion, found, talk, page, please, help, ensure, that, disputed, statements, reliably, sourced, january, 2013, learn, when, remove, this, message, bird, genus, from, late, eocene, remains, ha. This article s factual accuracy is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this message Ludiortyx is a bird genus from the Late Eocene Its remains have been found in the Montmartre Formation at the Montmartre Paris France A single species is accepted Ludiortyx hoffmanni LudiortyxTemporal range Late Eocene Skeleton Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Gruiformes Genus LudiortyxBrodkorb 1964 Species L hoffmanni Binomial name Ludiortyx hoffmanni Gervais 1852 Synonyms Genus Eortyx Brodkorb 1967 Species Ludiortyx blanchardi Milne Edwards 1869 and see text This bird is of uncertain relationships it has been variously considered to be an ancestral rail or to belong to the Quercymegapodiidae a prehistoric group of Galliformes landfowl The material assigned to it were initially considered to be of 2 species one that was at first believed to be a Tringa wader the other assigned to the galliform genus Palaeortyx 1 Even the latter assignment was probably much in error as though its relationships are not known Palaeortyx was probably not a quercymegapodiid Synonyms editApart from the genus level synonym Eortyx L hoffmanni has undergone quite a number of name changes due to the confusion about its placement 1 Tringa hoffmanni Gervais 1852 Palaeortyx hoffmanni Gervais 1852 Palaeortyx blanchardi Milne Edwards 1869 Ludiortyx blanchardi Milne Edwards 1869 Eortyx hoffmanni Gervais 1852 Footnotes edit a b Mlikovsky 2002 References editMlikovsky Jiri 2002 Cenozoic Birds of the World Part 1 Europe Ninox Press Prague ISBN 80 901105 3 8 PDF fulltext nbsp This prehistoric bird article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ludiortyx amp oldid 1193197586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
