Biology:Messelornithidae
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Short description: Extinct family of birds
| Messelornithidae | |
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| Fossil specimen of Messelornis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Gruiformes |
| Family: | †Messelornithidae |
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Messelornithidae is an extinct clade of gruiform birds, closely related to modern rails.[3][4][5] The fossil record are from the Paleocene to the early Oligocene of Europe and North America.[2]
References
- ↑ "†family Messelornithidae (bird)". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=105809#.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mourer-Chaviré C. (1995). "The Messelornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Paleogene of France". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 181: 95–105.
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald (2004). "Phylogenetic relationships of the early Tertiary Messel rails (Aves, Messelornithidae)". Senckenbergiana Lethaea 84 (1–2): 317–322. doi:10.1007/BF03043474. ISSN 0037-2110. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF03043474. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- ↑ Mayr, Gerald (2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-89628-9. ISBN 978-3-540-89627-2. http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-540-89628-9.
- ↑ Morlo, Michael (2004). "Diet of Messelornis (Aves: Gruiformes), an Eocene bird from Germany". Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 252: 29–33.
Wikidata ☰ Q3855343 entry
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