Telecrex

Telecrex is an extinct genus of birds related to guineafowl, containing two species, Telecrex grangeri (the type species) and Telecrex peregrinus. T. grangeri is known from a single partial femur from Eocene deposits in Inner Mongolia, while T. peregrinus was found in France.

Telecrex
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Galliformes
Superfamily: Phasianoidea
Family: Numididae
Genus: Telecrex
Wetmore, 1934
Species
  • Telecrex grangeri
  • Telecrex peregrinus
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