Mogontiacopsitta

Mogontiacopsitta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Genus: †
Gerald Mayr, 2010
Species:
†M. miocaena
Binomial name
†Mogontiacopsitta miocaena
G. Mayr, 2010

Mogontiacopsitta is a genus of prehistoric parrot which existed in Mainz Basin, Germany during the late Oligocene or early Miocene.[1] It was described by Gerald Mayr in 2010, from an incomplete tarsometatarsus. The type species is Mogontiacopsitta miocaena.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gerald Mayr (2010). "Mousebirds (Coliiformes), parrots (Psittaciformes), and other small birds from the late Oligocene/early Miocene of the Mainz Basin, Germany". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 258 (2): 129–144. Bibcode:2010NJGPA.258..129M. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0089.
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