梅塞尔鹘属
梅塞爾鶻屬(學名:Messelastur)是梅塞爾鶻科鳥類的一屬,發現於始新世德國的梅塞爾坑。[1][2]
梅塞爾鶻屬 化石时期: | |
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梅塞爾鶻的頭骨 | |
科学分类 | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 鸟纲 Aves |
演化支: | 真隼形类 Eufalconimorphae |
科: | †梅塞尔鹘科 Messelasturidae |
属: | †梅塞爾鶻屬 Messelastur Peters, 1994 |
模式種 | |
†讚美梅塞爾鶻 Messelastur gratulator (Peters, 1994) |
參考文獻
- Peters, D.S. (1994) Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. spec., ein Greifvogel as der Grube Messel (Aves: Accipitridae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 170:3-9
- G. Mayr. 2011. Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle Eocene Messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ? Pan-Psittaciformes). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9(1):159-171 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
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