Palaeospiza
Paleospiza Temporal range: [1] | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Coraciimorphae |
Order: | Coliiformes |
Family: | Coliidae |
Genus: | †Palaeospiza Allen, 1878 |
Species | |
†Palaeospiza bella Allen 1878 |
Palaeospiza bella ("beautiful ancient chaffinch") is a bird which was originally considered a passerine but is now included in the Coliiformes.[2] Palaeospiza bella lived in what is now Colorado in the Eocene and Oligocene.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Affinities of Palaeospiza bella and the Phylogeny and Biogeography of Mousebirds (Coliiformes)
- ^ Mayr, G. (2001). New specimens of the Middle Eocene fossil mousebird Selmes absurdipes Peters 1999. Ibis, 143(4), 427–434.