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Ludiortyx




  Color pink
  Name ''Ludiortyx''
  Status fossil
  Fossil Range Late Eocene
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Aves
  Subclassis Neornithes
  Infraclassis Neognathae
  Superorder Neoaves
  Ordo Gruiformes
  Genus '''''Ludiortyx'''''


''Ludiortyx'' was a bird from the Late Eocene . Its remains have been found in the Montmartre Formation at the Montmartre ( Paris , France ). 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 actual situation seems to be more complex; some of the supposed species of ''Ludiortyx'' indeed seem to be rails, while others are now placed in the galliform genus '' Palaeortyx ''.