†Quercypsitta sudrei Mourer-Chauvire 1992 (bird)
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Aves - Neornithes - Zygodactylidae
Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauvire. 1992. Une nouvelle famille de perroquets (Aves: Psittaciformes) dans l'Éocène Supérieur des phosphorites du Quercy, France. Geobios 14:169-177
Belongs to Quercypsitta according to C. Mourer-Chauvire 1992
See also Mlikovsky 2002
Sister taxon: Quercypsitta ivani
Type specimen: USTL BFI 1903, a set of postcrania (Tarsometatarse gauche presque complet). Its type locality is La Bouffie, which is in a Priabonian karst phosphorite in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Bouffie
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