Name - Messelasturidae Mayr 2005

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1798138 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Messelasturidae

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Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Original Description Reference

• The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the Middle Eocene Messelastur gratulator Peters, 1994 - a morphological link between owls (Strigiformes) and falconiform birds? Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 25(3), September 30 2005: 635-645. [Zoological Record Volume 142]

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Recent Publications

• The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the Middle Eocene Messelastur gratulator Peters, 1994 - a morphological link between owls (Strigiformes) and falconiform birds?
• Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle Eocene Messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes).
• The Vastanavidae and Messelasturidae (Aves) from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK).

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