Tynskya
Extinct genus of birds
| Tynskya Temporal range: Early Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Tynskya eocaena | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Eufalconimorphae |
| Family: | †Messelasturidae |
| Genus: | †Tynskya Mayr, 2000 |
| Type species | |
| †Tynskya eocaena (Mayr, 2000) | |
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Tynskya is a genus of messelasturid bird. It is known from a fossil of the North American Green River Formation and the London Clay Formation of England, both from the early Eocene.[1][2]
References
- ^ Mayr, G. (2000) A new raptor-like bird from the Lower Eocene of North America and Europe. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 80:59–65.
- ^ Mayr, G. (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 (2): 337–357. doi:10.1007/s12542-020-00541-8. ISSN 1867-6812.
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Genera of parrots and their extinct allies
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Clade: Eufalconimorphae
- Clade: Psittacopasseres
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