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Palaeospiza
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| Paleospiza Temporal range: [1]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Coraciimorphae |
| Order: | Coliiformes |
| Family: | Coliidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeospiza Allen, 1878 |
| Species | |
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†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.
