Pseudasturides

Pseudasturides
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Eufalconimorphae
Family: †Halcyornithidae
Genus: †Pseudasturides
Mayr, 1998
Type species
†Pseudasturides macrocephalus
(Mayr, 1998)
Synonyms

Pseudastur Mayr, 1998 (Preocc.)

Pseudasturides is an extinct genus of halcyornithid bird from the Middle Eocene Messel pit in Hesse, Germany, and possibly the Isle of Sheppey, United Kingdom. The genus is represented by a single species, Pseudasturides macrocephalus.

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