†Masillacolius Mayr and Peters 1998 (mousebird)
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Aves - Coliiformes - Coliidae
Full reference: G. Mayr and D. S. Peters. 1998. The mousebirds (Aves: Coliiformes) from the Middle Eocene of Grube Messel (Hessen, Germany). Senckenbergiana lethaea 78(1/2):179-197
Parent taxon: Coliidae according to G. Mayr and C. Mourer-Chauviré 2004
See also Mayr 2022, Mayr and Peters 1998 and Mlikovsky 2002
Sister taxa: Celericolius, Chascacocolius, Colius, Limnatornis, Oligocolius, Primocolius, Selmes, Urocolius
Subtaxa: Masillacolius brevidactylus
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Masillacolius in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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