Name - Messelastur gratulator Peters 1994

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1072893 [metadata]

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Original Description Reference

• Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. spec., ein Greifvogel aus der Grube Messel (Aves: Accipitridae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, 170, 13 Marz 1994: 3-9. [Zoological Record Volume 131]

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Recent Publications

• Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. spec., ein Greifvogel aus der Grube Messel (Aves: Accipitridae).
• The postcranial osteology and phylogenetic position of the Middle Eocene Messelastur gratulator Peters, 1994 - a morphological link between owls (Strigiformes) and falconiform birds?
• Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle Eocene Messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes).

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