Mogontiacopsitta

Mogontiacopsitta; Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Genus:	† Mogontiacopsitta ; Gerald Mayr, 2010
Species:	†M. miocaena
Binomial name
	†Mogontiacopsitta miocaena; G. Mayr, 2010

Last updated March 31, 2025

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 2 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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[Mayr10-1] 1 2 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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