Messelornis
Messelornis Temporal range: Paleocene - Eocene | |
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Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | Messelornithidae |
Genus: | Messelornis Hesse, 1988 |
Type species | |
Messelornis cristata Hesse, 1988 | |
Species | |
M. cristata Hesse, 1988 |
Messelornis is an extinct relative of the sunbittern.
References
- Mayr, G. Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer, 2009. p. 93.
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