Psittacomimus

Psittacomimus
Temporal range: early Eocene,
Holotype fossil elements of Psittacomimus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Passerimorphae
Family: †Psittacopedidae
Genus: †Psittacomimus
Mayr & Kitchener, 2022
Species:
†P. eos
Binomial name
†Psittacomimus eos
Mayr & Kitchener, 2022

Psittacomimus (meaning "Psittacus imitator") is an extinct genus of psittacopedid bird from the Early Eocene London Clay Formation of Essex, United Kingdom. The genus contains a single species, P. eos, known from a partial skeleton.

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