Rhynchopsitta phillipsi
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Psittaciformes |
Superfamily: | Psittacoidea |
Family: | Psittacidae |
Subfamily: | Arinae |
Tribe: | Arini |
Genus: | Rhynchopsitta |
Species: | R. phillipsi |
Binomial name | |
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi Rea, 1997 | |
Rhynchopsitta phillipsi is an extinct species of thick-billed parrot. It was described in 1997 from Late Pleistocene cave deposits from Nuevo León, north-eastern Mexico. The specific epithet honours American ornithologist Allan R. Phillips.[1]
References
- ↑ 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 Alberquerque, New Mexico, Horizon Communications, Robert Dickerman: 167–176.
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