Masillatrogon pumilio

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trogoniformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Orionides Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Neocoelurosauria Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Avialae Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Euornithes Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Ornithurae Classis: Aves Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Ordo: Trogoniformes

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.