†family Quercypsittidae Mourer-Chauvire 1992 (parrot)

Aves - Psittaciformes - Quercypsittidae

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

Parent taxon: Psittaciformes according to G. Mayr 2022

See also Mayr 2005 and Mourer-Chauvire 1992

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Quercypsittidae in the database

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