Biology:Masillastega
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
| Masillastega Temporal range: Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Suliformes |
| Family: | Sulidae |
| Genus: | †Masillastega Mayr, 2002 |
| Species: | †M. rectirostris
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| †Masillastega rectirostris Mayr, 2002
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Masillastega ("Messel roof") is an extinct aquatic bird from the Eocene of Germany . It is related to modern gannets and boobies, but unlike these birds it occurred in freshwater environments. It was found in the lake that would become the Messel Pit.
References
- G. Mayr. 2002. A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):507-512
Wikidata ☰ Q25095724 entry
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