Undet. Messelirrisoridae

By oilshale

Eocene

Lutetian

Messel near Darmstadt

Germany

Length 9cm

with preserved feathers!

Mr. G. Mayr from Senckenberg Institute was so kind to determine the family: It's a Messelirrisoridae, a relative of the Hoopoe.

Picture taken by Dûrzan cîrano, distributed by Wikimedia under GNU Free Documentation License

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