Undet. Messelirrisoridae
Undet. Messelirrisoridae
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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