Messelastur gratulator Peters 1994 (parrot)

Aves - Psittaciformes - Messelasturidae

Full reference: D. S. Peters. 1994. Messelastur gratulator n. gen. n. spec., ein Greifvogel as der Grube Messel (Aves: Accipitridae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 170:3-9

Belongs to Messelastur according to G. Mayr 2011

See also Mlikovsky 2002 and Peters 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMF-ME 2024, a skull (complete, partially crushed skull and 15 articulated vertebrae). Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Messel

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