Masillapodargus longipes Mayr 1999

Life - Podargiformes

Full reference: G. Mayr. 1999. Caprimulgiform birds from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Hessen, Germany). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(3):521-532

Belongs to Masillapodargus according to G. Mayr 1999

See also Mlikovsky 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNK.PAL.1083, a skeleton (articulated skeleton lacking the right leg and the distal part of the right wing). Its type locality is Grube Messel pit (Karlsruhe collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Grube Messel pit (Karlsruhe collection)

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