Pseudasturides

Pseudasturides
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Halcyornithiformes
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.