Itardiornis

Itardiornis Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Gruiformes
Family:	†Messelornithidae
Genus:	†Itardiornis Mourer-Chauviré, 1995
Species:	†I. hessae
Binomial name
†Itardiornis hessae Mourer-Chauviré, 1995

Itardiornis is an extinct genus of the family Messelornithidae from late Eocene and early Oligocene. Only one species is described, Itardiornis hessae, from Quercy fissure fillings.[1]

References

1. Mourer-Chaviré C. (1995) The Messelornithidae (Aves: Gruiformes) from the Paleogene of France. - Cour. Forsch.-Inst. Senckenberg, 181: 95-105

Further reading

• Mayr, G. Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer, 2009. p. 93