Mogontiacopsitta
Extinct genus of birds
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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]
| Mogontiacopsitta Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Genus: | †Mogontiacopsitta Gerald Mayr, 2010 |
| Species: | †M. miocaena |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mogontiacopsitta miocaena G. Mayr, 2010 | |
