Name - Messelasturidae

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4529577 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Messelasturidae Mayr 2005

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle Eocene Messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes).
• New bird remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA), including the first records of the Messelasturidae, Psittacopedidae, and Zygodactylidae from the Fisher/Sullivan site.

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