ammonites
Namaortyx sperrgebietensis Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2011 (fowl)

Reptilia - Galliformes

Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré, M. Pickford, and B. Senut. 2011. The first Palaeogene galliform from Africa. Journal of Ornithology 152:617-622

Belongs to Namaortyx according to C. Mourer-Chauviré et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SS 8’08, a limb element (almost complete right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Silica South, which is in a Lutetian lacustrine limestone in Namibia.

Ecology: volant herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): tarsometatarsus 56.0 x 6.2