Messelirrisor Temporal range:
Middle Eocene,
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Fossil of Messelirrisor halcyrostris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Bucerotiformes |
Family: | †
Messelirrisoridae Mayr, 1998 |
Genus: | †
Messelirrisor Mayr, 1998 |
Type species | |
Messelirrisor halcyrostris Mayr, 1998
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Other species | |
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The extinct Messelirrisor is a genus of Bucerotiformes, the sole representative of the family Messelirrisoridae. They were tiny hoopoe-like birds that were the earliest representatives of the hoopoe/ wood-hoopoe lineage, and they were among the predominant small forest birds of Central Europe during the Middle Eocene (some 49-37 mya). Fossilized remains of Messelirrisor have been found in the Messel Pit of Hesse, Germany.
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