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Masillastega rectirostris

Description

Masillastega ("Messel roof") is an extinct aquatic bird from the Eocene of Germany. It is related to modern gannets and boobies, but unlike these birds it occurred in freshwater environments. It was found in the lake that would become the Messel Pit.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4966525https://www.gbif.org/species/4966525
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)90641https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=90641
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Sulidae : Masillastega : Masillastega rectirostris
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Sulidae : Masillastega : Masillastega rectirostris
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
orderSuliformesSharpe 1891
familySulidaeReichenbach 1849
genusMasillastegaMayr 2002
speciesMasillastega rectirostrisMayr 2002
Generic NameMasillastega
Scientific NameMasillastega rectirostris (Mayr, 2002)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Masillastega rectirostrisspeciesbelongs to Masillastegastated without evidenceMayr, 2002
Masillastega rectirostrisspeciesbelongs to Eostegastated without evidenceMlikovsky, 2007
Masillastega rectirostrisspeciesbelongs to Masillastegastated without evidenceMayr, 2009
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance48.6 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Theropoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Mayr. 2002. A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47(3):507-512
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masillastega_rectirostris

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Eostega rectirostris (Mayr, 2002)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Sulidae : Masillastega : Eostega rectirostris

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2002Masillastega rectirostris Mayr p. 508
2007Eostega rectirostris Mlikovsky p. 20
2009Masillastega rectirostris Mayr p. 64

References

Mayr G. (2002) A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 47 3, 507-512
Mlikovsky J. (2007) Taxonomic identity of Eostega lebedinskyi LAMBRECHT, 1929 (Aves) from the middle Eocene of Romania, Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 109 A, 19-27
Mayr G. (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds, 1-262 doi:10.1007/978-3-540-89628-9
G. Mayr (2009) Paleogene Fossil Birds: : 1--262 (10.1007/978-3-540-89628-9) - via Catalogue of Life
G. Mayr (2002) A skull of a new pelecaniform bird from the Middle Eocene of Messel, Germany: Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 3: 507--512 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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