Rhynchopsitta phillipsi

Rhynchopsitta phillipsi
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification
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, north-eastern 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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