Messelastur
| Messelastur Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Skull of Messelastur gratulator | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | †Halcyornithiformes |
| Family: | †Messelasturidae |
| Genus: | †Messelastur Peters, 1994 |
| Type species | |
| †Messelastur gratulator (Peters, 1994) | |
Messelastur is a genus of messelasturid bird. It is known from the Messel pit of Germany, which dates to the Eocene.