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  PalaeontologyVolume 51 Issue 3, Pages 575 - 582 Published Online: 15 May 2008 © The Palaeontological Association, 2010
Abstract | References | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 385K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  TWO NEW PARROTS (PSITTACIFORMES) FROM THE LOWER EOCENE FUR FORMATION OF DENMARK Copyright © The Palaeontological Association, 2008 KEYWORDS Aves • Psittaciformes • Pseudasturidae • parrots • Palaeogene • Eocene • Denmark ABSTRACTAbstract: Two new fossil psittaciform birds from the Lower Eocene 'Mo Clay' (Fur Formation) of Denmark (c. 54 Ma) are described. An unnamed specimen is assigned to the extinct avian family of stem-group parrots, Pseudasturidae (genus and species incertae sedis), while a second (Mopsitta tanta gen. et sp. nov.) is the largest fossil parrot yet known. Both specimens are the first fossil records of these birds from Denmark. Although the phylogenetic position of Mopsitta is unclear (it is classified as family incertae sedis), this form is phylogenetically closer to Recent Pstittacidae than to other known Palaeogene psittaciforms and may, therefore, represent the oldest known crown-group parrot. Typescript received 14 December 2006; accepted in revised form 18 April 2007 | 
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