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Lophopsittacus bensoni (Mascarene grey parakeet)
Taxonomy
Lophopsittacus bensoni was named by Holyoak (1973). Its type specimen is UMZC 577a, a mandible (symphysis of lower mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valleys of Le Pouce, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Mauritius. It is the type species of Erythromachus.
It was recombined as Psittacula bensoni by Hume (2007).
It was recombined as Psittacula bensoni by Hume (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Lophopsittacus bensoni Holyoak p. 417 figs. Pl 8, figs a-s |
| 2007 | Psittacula bensoni Hume p. 17 figs. 6D, 14F, 15C, 20C,H, 21B, 23B, 27C, 30C, 31B |
| 2014 | Lophopsittacus bensoni del Hoyo et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Lophopsittacus bensoni Holyoak 1973 [Mascarene grey parakeet]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||