Masillaraptor

Masillaraptor
Temporal range:
Speculative life restoration of M. parvunguis based on modern falconiforms
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Falconiformes
Family: Masillaraptoridae
Genus: Masillaraptor
Mayr, 2006
Type species
Masillaraptor parvunguis
Mayr, 2006
Other species
  • Masillaraptor buchheimi
    Li et al., 2025

Masillaraptor is an extinct genus of masillaraptorid falconiforms. It is a long-legged relative of the living falcons. The genus contains two species: M. parvunguis, named in 2006 from the Messel pit (Middle Eocene) of Germany, and M. buchheimi, named in 2025 from the Green River Formation (Early Eocene) of Wyoming, United States.