Pseudasturides
Extinct genus of birds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pseudasturides is an extinct genus of halcyornithid bird from the Middle Eocene Messel pit in Hesse, Germany, and possibly the Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom. The genus is represented by a single species, Pseudasturides macrocephalus.
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Pseudasturides | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Eufalconimorphae |
Family: | †Halcyornithidae |
Genus: | †Pseudasturides Mayr, 1998 |
Type species | |
†Pseudasturides macrocephalus (Mayr, 1998) |
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