Rhynchopsitta phillipsi

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.[1]

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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