†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