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''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''.〔Mlíkovský (2002)〕 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'' Gervais, 1852 * ''Palaeortyx hoffmanni'' (Gervais, 1852) * ''Palaeortyx blanchardi'' Milne-Edwards, 1869 * ''Ludiortyx blanchardi'' (Milne-Edwards, 1869) * ''Eortyx hoffmanni'' (Gervais, 1852) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ludiortyx」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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