Name - Pseudasturidae Mayr 1998

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1364472 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Pseudasturidae

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Original Description Reference

• A new family of Eocene zygodactyl birds. Senckenbergiana Lethaea, 78(1-2), 30 Oktober 1998: 199-209. [Zoological Record Volume 135]

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Recent Publications

• A new family of Eocene zygodactyl birds.
• Comments on the systematic position of the putative Lower Eocene parrot Pulchrapollia gracilis.
• Pseudasturides n. gen., a replacement name for the stem group parrot Pseudastur Mayr 1998 (preoccupied by Pseudastur Blyth 1850).
• New specimens of Eocene stem-group psittaciform birds may shed light on the affinities of the first named fossil, bird, Halcyornis toliapicus Koenig, 1825.

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