Masillatrogon pumilio
Taxonavigation
Familia: Trogonidae
Genus: †Masillatrogon
Species: †Masillatrogon pumilio
Name
Masillatrogon pumilio (Mayr, 2005)
Holotype: SMNS 55222 a+b
Type locality: "Messel near Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany".
Synonym
- Primotrogon? pumilio Mayr, 2005: 513 [protonym]
- Masillatrogon pumilio Mayr, 2009: 2
Etymology: "pumilio (Lat.): dwarf; the specific name refers to the small size of the new species" [Mayr, 2005: 514]
References
Primary references
- Mayr, G. 2005. New trogons from the early Tertiary of Germany. Ibis 147(3): 512–518. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00421.x Reference page.
- Mayr, G. 2009. A well-preserved second trogon skeleton (Aves, Trogonidae) from the middle Eocene of Messel, Germany. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 89 (1–2): 1–6. DOI: 10.1007/s12549-009-0001-9 PDF Reference page.
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