Messelastur

Messelastur is a genus of messelasturid bird. It is known from the Messel pit of Germany, which dates to the Eocene.^[1][2]

Messelastur Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Skull of Messelastur gratulator
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	†Halcyornithiformes
Family:	†Messelasturidae
Genus:	†Messelastur Peters, 1994
Type species
†Messelastur gratulator (Peters, 1994)