| Palaeortyx Temporal range: Middle Eocene to Early Pliocene |
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| Fossil, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Galliformes |
| Genus: | Palaeortyx |
Palaeortyx is an extinct genus of galliform bird.[1] It lived from the middle Eocene to the early Pliocene, and may be a phasianid or odontophorid. It is known from a complete skeleton, found in Germany.