| Mogontiacopsitta Temporal range: Late Oligocene–Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Genus: | †Mogontiacopsitta Gerald Mayr, 2010 |
| Species: | †M. miocaena |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mogontiacopsitta miocaena G. Mayr, 2010 | |
Mogontiacopsitta is a genus of prehistoric parrot which existed in Mainz Basin, Germany during the late Oligocene or early Miocene. It was described by Gerald Mayr in 2010, from an incomplete tarsometatarsus. The type species is Mogontiacopsitta miocaena.
References
- ^ Gerald Mayr (2010). "Mousebirds (Coliiformes), parrots (Psittaciformes), and other small birds from the late Oligocene/early Miocene of the Mainz Basin, Germany". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen. 258 (2): 129–144. doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0089.
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