Palaeospiza

Paleospiza
Temporal range: [1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Coraciimorphae
Order: Coliiformes
Family: Coliidae
Genus: †
Allen, 1878
Species

†Palaeospiza bella Allen 1878

Palaeospiza bella ("beautiful ancient chaffinch") is a bird which was originally considered a passerine but is now included in the Coliiformes.[2] Palaeospiza bella lived in what is now Colorado in the Eocene and Oligocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Affinities of Palaeospiza bella and the Phylogeny and Biogeography of Mousebirds (Coliiformes)
  2. ^ Mayr, G. (2001). New specimens of the Middle Eocene fossil mousebird Selmes absurdipes Peters 1999. Ibis, 143(4), 427–434.


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