Definition of Messelasturid. Meaning of Messelasturid. Synonyms of Messelasturid

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- possessed a raptorial beak and a large supraorbital process. On the feet, messelasturids lacked an ossified supratendineal bridge on the distal tibiotarsus....
- Messelastur is a genus of messelasturid bird. It is known from the Messel pit of Germany, which dates to the Eocene. Peters, D.S. (1994) Messelastur gratulator...
- Tynskya is a genus of messelasturid bird. It is known from a fossil of the North American Green River Formation and the London Clay Formation of England...
- Pseudasturids were probably cuckoo- or puffbird-like insectivores, while messelasturids were raptor-like carnivores. With few exceptions, parrots are monogamous...
- olsoni Fossil Lake †Messelasturidae †Tynskya †T. eocaena Fossil Lake A messelasturid. †Psittacopedidae †Eofringillirostrum †E. boudreauxi Fossil Lake A psittacopedid...
- both the parrots and songbirds. Serudaptus shares with Cyrilavis a messelasturid-like sternum, which may indicate that it is more closely related to...
- tree-dwelling families of Eocene birds like the Zygodactylidae and the messelasturids. The skull of halcyornithids features a ridge of bone above the eye...
- Mayr Eocene (Ypresian) London Clay  United Kingdom A species of the messelasturid Tynskya. U****enkcoracias Gen. et sp. nov Degrange et al. Eocene (Ypresian)...
- parrot relative Stintonornis – probably a hawk relative Tynskya – a messelasturid related to p****erines and parrots Waltonavis – a possible leptosomiform...