†family Halcyornithidae Harrison and Walker 1972 (parrot)

Aves - Psittaciformes - Halcyornithidae

Synonym: Pseudasturidae Mayr 1998

Parent taxon: Psittaciformes according to G. Mayr 2011

See also Carroll 1988, Mayr 2002, Mayr 2005, Mayr and Mourer-Chauviré 2004 and Waterhouse et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Cacatuidae, Messelasturidae, Mopsitta, Nestoridae, Panpsittaciformes, Platycercidae, Psittacidae, Psittaculidae, Quercypsittidae, Strigopidae, Strigopoidea

Subtaxa: Cyrilavis Halcyornis Pulchrapollia

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Denmark (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Virginia, Wyoming)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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