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Messelirrisor

Messelirrisor Temporal range: Middle Eocene, 47 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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
Other species
M. grandis Mayr, 2000 M. parvus Mayr, 1998

The extinct Messelirrisor is a genusofBucerotiformes, 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 PitofHesse, Germany.

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• Mayr, Gerald (1 October 2000). "Tiny Hoopoe-Like Birds From the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany)". The Auk. 117 (4): 964–970. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0964:THLBFT]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4089635. INIST 1528405.

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• Specimen photo. Retrieved 2007-AUG-22.

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