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Rhynchopsitta phillipsi

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Extinct species of thick-billed parrot

Rhynchopsitta phillipsi
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
R. phillipsi compared to the maroon-fronted parrot
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Psittaciformes
Family: Psittacidae
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 in northeastern Mexico. The specific epithet honours American ornithologist Allan Robert Phillips.

References

  1. 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.


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