Argillipes paralectoris is based on a proximal tarsometatarsus from the London Clay, but its traditional placement with A. aurorum is now doubtful. The structure of the hypotarsus differs importantly from the galliform condition, and modern revision concluded that the species may not belong in Argillipes and probably is not a galliform.

Because the fossil is so limited, its ecology cannot be reconstructed with confidence. It was a small terrestrial or scansorial bird of some kind, but feeding style, habitat use and locomotion beyond ordinary avian walking should remain unresolved until better material can be linked to the species.