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Ludiortyx

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.

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. Even the latter assignment was probably much in error as though its relationships are not known, Palaeortyx was probably not a quercymegapodiid.

Synonyms

Apart from the genus-level synonym Eortyx, L. hoffmanni has undergone quite a number of name changes due to the confusion about its placement: 

  • Tringa hoffmanni <small>Gervais, 1852</small>
  • Palaeortyx hoffmanni <small>(Gervais, 1852)</small>
  • Palaeortyx blanchardi <small>Milne-Edwards, 1869</small>
  • Ludiortyx blanchardi <small>(Milne-Edwards, 1869)</small>
  • Eortyx hoffmanni <small>(Gervais, 1852)</small>

Footnotes

References

  • (2002): Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press, Prague. <small></small> PDF fulltext