Psittacomimus Mayr and Kitchener 2022 (bird)

Aves - Psittacopedidae

Full reference: G. Mayr and A.C. Kitchener. 2022. Psittacopedids and zygodactylids: The diverse and species-rich psittacopasserine birds from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK). Historical Biology 35(12):2372-2395

Parent taxon: Psittacopedidae according to G. Mayr and A.C. Kitchener 2022

Sister taxa: Eofringillirostrum, Parapsittacopes, Psittacopes, Pumiliornis

Subtaxa: Psittacomimus eos

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Type: Psittacomimus eos

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Walton-on-the-Naze Division A2 (NMS) (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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