Rhynchopsitta phillipsi
Appearance
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
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R. phillipsi compared to the maroon-fronted parrot | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Genus: | Rhynchopsitta |
Species: | R. phillipsi
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Binomial name | |
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi Rea, 1997
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Rhynchopsitta phillipsi is an extinct species of thick-billed parrot. It was described in 1997 from Late Pleistocene cave deposits from Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico. The specific epithet honours American ornithologist Allan Robert Phillips.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Rea, Amadeo M. (1997). "The Indeterminate Parrot of Nuevo León". In: A. R. Phillips & R. W. Dickerman (Comp.): The Era of Allan R. Phillips; A Festschrift Albuquerque, New Mexico, Horizon Communications, Robert Dickerman: 167–176.