Mogontiacopsitta

Mogontiacopsitta Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Psittaciformes
Genus:	Mogontiacopsitta Gerald Mayr, 2010
Species:	M. miocaena
Binomial name
Mogontiacopsitta miocaena Gerald Mayr, 2010

Mogontiacopsitta is a genus of prehistoric parrot which existed in Mainz Basin, Germany during the late Oligocene or early Miocene.^[1] It was described by Gerald Mayr in 2010, from an incomplete tarsometatarsus. The type species is Mogontiacopsitta miocaena.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gerald Mayr (2010). "Mousebirds (Coliiformes), parrots (Psittaciformes), and other small birds from the late Oligocene/early Miocene of the Mainz Basin, Germany". Neus Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaeontologie, Abhandlungen 258 (2): 129–144. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0089. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/njbgeol/2010/00000258/00000002/art00001.