†Tynskya waltonensis Mayr 2021 (parrot)
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Aves - Psittaciformes - Messelasturidae
Full reference: G. Mayr. 2021. A partial skeleton of a new species of Tynskya Mayr, 2000 (Aves, Messelasturidae) from the London Clay highlights the osteological distinctness of a poorly known early Eocene “owl/parrot mosaic”. PalZ 95:337-357
Belongs to Tynskya according to G. Mayr 2021
Sister taxon: Tynskya eocaena
Type specimen: SMF Av 652, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Walton-on-the-Naze, general, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze, general
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