Itardiornis

Itardiornis is an extinct genus of the family Messelornithidae from late Eocene and early Oligocene. Only one species is described, Itardiornis hessae, from Quercy fissure fillings.^[1]

Itardiornis Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	†Messelornithidae
Genus:	†Itardiornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1995
Species:	†I. hessae
Binomial name
†Itardiornis hessae Mourer-Chauviré, 1995