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Parapsittacopes
Taxonomy
Parapsittacopes was named by Mayr (2020). Its type is Parapsittacopes bergdahli.
It was assigned to Psittacopedidae by Mayr (2020) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Psittacopedidae by Mayr (2020) and Mayr (2022).
Species
P. bergdahli (type species)
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| G. Mayr 2020 | Parapsittacopes gen. nov. is characterized by: beak short and wide, with large nostrils and slightly decurved tip; quadrate with pneumatic foramina on caudal surface of tip of processus oticus; mandible with dorsoventrally low rami and very short symphysis; thoracic vertebrae pleurocoelous; coracoid with incisura nervi supracoracoidei; scapula with very long and pointed acromion; sternum with cranially protruding apex carinae; humerus with well-defined tuberculum supracondylare dorsale; ulna with distal end of cotyla dorsalis forming a narrow, stripe-like mediodistal exten- sion; ulna, distal end with craniocaudal constriction; radius with dorsal portion of distal end forming a proximally directed hook; phalanges of second toe much thinner than those of third toe. |
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||