Aves - Suliformes - Sulidae

Alternative combination: Eostega rectirostris

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

Belongs to Masillastega according to G. Mayr 2009

See also Mayr 2002 and Mlikovsky 2007

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IPB 140a+b, a skull (isolated skull on two slabs). Its type locality is Messel, which is in a MP 11 lacustrine shale in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Messel

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