Chambiortyx

{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}

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| fossil_range = {{Geological range|Early Eocene}}

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| taxon = Chambiortyx

| authority = Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2013

| type_species = {{extinct}}Chambiortyx cristata

| type_species_authority = (Mourer-Chauviré et al., 2013)

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Chambiortyx is a genus of pangalliform bird. It is known from a fossil of the early Eocene of Tunisia.Mourer-Chauviré et al. (2013) A new taxon of stem group Galliformes and the earliest record for stem group Cuculidae from the Eocene of Djebel Chambi, Tunisia.

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Category:Prehistoric bird genera

Category:Galliformes

Category:Eocene birds

Category:Prehistoric birds of Africa

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2013

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