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Necropsittacus rodricanus (Rodrigues parrot)
Taxonomy
Psittacus rodricanus was named by Milne-Edwards (1867). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Jenner collection), which is in a Holocene cave siltstone in Mauritius.
It was recombined as Necropsittacus rodricanus by Milne-Edwards (1874), Günther and Newton (1879), Lambrecht (1933), Hume (2007) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Necropsittacus rodricanus by Milne-Edwards (1874), Günther and Newton (1879), Lambrecht (1933), Hume (2007) and del Hoyo et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1867 | Psittacus rodricanus Milne-Edwards p. 152 |
| 1874 | Necropsittacus rodricanus Milne-Edwards p. 18 |
| 1879 | Necropsittacus rodricanus Günther and Newton p. 429 figs. Pl 42, figs H-N |
| 1933 | Necropsittacus rodricanus Lambrecht p. 610 |
| 2007 | Necropsittacus rodricanus Hume p. 31 figs. 14H, 15A, 22A, 23D, 24B, 27D, 30E, 31A |
| 2014 | Necropsittacus rodricanus 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.
†Necropsittacus rodricanus Milne-Edwards 1867 [Rodrigues parrot]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||