Species profile
Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus
Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus
Quick answer
Location and age: Beremend 26; Lower Pliocene (MN 15). Material: a proximal left coracoid fragment (omal part) (Figure 2 / 4). Dimensions (in mm): coracoid: C — 5.5 – 5.9, D — 3.3 – 3.5, E — 3.0 – 3.2. Description: similar to Gallus bones, quail size.
- Scientific name
- Palaeocryptonyx hungaricus
- Family
- Phasianidae
- Order
- Galliformes
- Genus
- Plioperdix
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