Messelirrisor
Extinct genus of birds
Messelirrisor Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 47 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Fossil of Messelirrisor halcyrostris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | †Messelirrisoridae Mayr, 1998 |
Genus: | †Messelirrisor Mayr, 1998 |
Type species | |
Messelirrisor halcyrostris Mayr, 1998 | |
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The extinct Messelirrisor is a genus of Bucerotiformes, the sole representative of the family Messelirrisoridae. They were tiny hoopoe-like birds that were the earliest representatives of the hoopoe/wood-hoopoe lineage, and they were among the predominant small forest birds of Central Europe during the Middle Eocene (some 49-37 mya). Fossilized remains of Messelirrisor have been found in the Messel Pit of Hesse, Germany.
Sources
- Mayr, Gerald (1 October 2000). "Tiny Hoopoe-Like Birds From the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany)". The Auk. 117 (4): 964–970. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0964:THLBFT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4089635. INIST 1528405.
External links
- Specimen photo. Retrieved 2007-AUG-22.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Infraclass: Neognathae
- Clade: Coraciimorphae
- Clade: Cavitaves
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