†Masillapodargus longipes Mayr 1999
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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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