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Extinct family of birds
| Psittacopedidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Passerimorphae |
| Family: | †Psittacopedidae |
| Genera | |
Psittacopedidae is an extinct family of birds related to passerines. It had zygodactyl feet, likely due to common ancestry with parrots, the closest living relatives of passerines.
References
- Ksepka, Daniel T.; Grande, Lance; Mayr, Gerald (2019). "Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines". Current Biology. 29: 657–663. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.040.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Psittacopedidae | |
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