Messelastur gratulator
GALLERY
In 1994, D. S. Peters from
Frankfurt, Germany, described a little hook-beaked
bird from the Eocene
oilshale of Messel, named
Messelastur gratulator
Recently, his follower G.
Mayr has erected the new family Messelasturidae, also
including
Tynskya eocaena
from the Green River Fm. (North America) and the
London Clay (England).
Analysing postcranial features, this family is considered
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