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Masillapodargus longipes

Podargiformes

Taxonomy
Masillapodargus longipes was named by Mayr (1999). Its type specimen is SMNK.PAL.1083, a skeleton (articulated skeleton lacking the right leg and the distal part of the right wing), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Grube Messel pit (Karlsruhe collection), which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Masillapodargus longipes Mayr pp. 522-524 figs. 1, 2, 4
2002Masillapodargus longipes Mlikovsky p. 207

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RankNameAuthor
—StrisoresBaird 1858
orderPodargiformesMatthews 1918
RankNameAuthor
genusMasillapodargus
specieslongipes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: MP 11 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Masillapodargus longipes (type locality: 138656)