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