Messelornithidae | |
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Fossil specimen of Messelornis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Gruiformes |
Family: | † Messelornithidae |
Genera | |
Messelornithidae is an extinct clade of gruiform birds, closely related to modern rails. [3] [4] [5] The fossil record are from the Paleocene to the early Oligocene of Europe and North America. [2]