Tynskya

Tynskya is an extinct genus of messelasturid bird.

Tynskya Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Tynskya eocaena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	†Halcyornithiformes
Family:	†Messelasturidae
Genus:	†Tynskya Mayr, 2000
Type species
†Tynskya eocaena (Mayr, 2000)
Other species
†T. brevitarsus Mayr & Kitchener, 2023 †T. crassitarsus Mayr & Kitchener, 2023 †T. waltonensis Mayr, 2021

Distribution

T. eocaena, the type species, is known from fossils found in the North American Green River Formation.^[1] The Walton Member of the London Clay Formation of England contains the species T. waltonensis,^[2] along with the more recently described T. brevitarsus and T. crassitarsus.^[3]