†Palaeospiza bella Allen 1878 (mousebird)
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Full reference: J. A. Allen. 1878. Description of a fossil passerine bird from the insect-bearing shales of Colorado. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4:443-445
Belongs to Palaeospiza according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Allen 1878, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCZ 342222, a skeleton
Ecology: volant omnivore
Distribution: found only at Florissant Formation (Allen 1878) (Eocene of Colorado)
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