Masillastega

Masillastega
Temporal range: Eocene
Skull of Masillastega rectirostris.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Suliformes
Family: Sulidae
Genus: Masillastega
Gerard Mayr, 2002
Species

Masillastega rectirostris (type)

Masillastega ("Messel roof") is an extinct aquatic bird from the Eocene of Germany. It is related to modern gannets and boobies, but unlike these birds it occurred in freshwater environments. It was found in the lake that would become the Messel Pit.

Sources

  • G. Mayr. 2002. A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):507-512


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