Psittacopedidae

Psittacopedidae; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Psittacopasseres
Clade:	Passerimorphae
Family:	† Psittacopedidae ; Mayr, 2015
Genera
	† Eofringillirostrum ; † Parapsittacopes ; † Psittacomimus ; † Psittacopes ;

Last updated November 09, 2025

Psittacopedidae is an extinct family of birds related to passerines. It had zygodactyl feet, likely due to common ancestry with parrots, the closest living relatives of passerines.^[2]

References

↑ Ksepka, Daniel T.; Grande, Lance; Mayr, Gerald (2019). "Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines". Current Biology. 29 (4): 657–663. Bibcode:2019CBio...29E.657K. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.040 . PMID 30744971.
↑ Mayr, Gerald (2015). "A reassessment of Eocene parrotlike fossils indicates a previously undetected radiation of zygodactyl stem group representatives of passerines (Passeriformes)". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (6): 587–602. doi:10.1111/zsc.12128.

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[1] Ksepka, Daniel T.; Grande, Lance; Mayr, Gerald (2019). "Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines". Current Biology. 29 (4): 657–663. Bibcode:2019CBio...29E.657K. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.040 . PMID 30744971.

[Mayr2015-2] Mayr, Gerald (2015). "A reassessment of Eocene parrotlike fossils indicates a previously undetected radiation of zygodactyl stem group representatives of passerines (Passeriformes)". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (6): 587–602. doi:10.1111/zsc.12128.

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