翡翠鶻科

翡翠鶻科(學名:Halcyornithidae)或似南美鵟科(學名:Pseudasturidae)是一科已滅絕的鳥類,曾被視為鸚形目鳥類。[1]但也有研究表明它們可能是非鹦雀总目真隼形類鳥類。[2][3]該科成員生活在5500-4800萬年前的始新世,化石發現於美國綠河組和英國倫敦粘土組[4][5]它們可能是梅塞爾鶻科的姊妹群。[6]

翡翠鶻科
化石时期:55–48 Ma
始新世
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 鸟纲 Aves
演化支 今颚类 Neognathae
演化支 新鸟类 Neoaves
演化支 雀类 Passerea
演化支 陸鳥類 Telluraves
演化支 南鸟类 Australaves
演化支 真隼形类 Eufalconimorphae
科: 翡翠鶻科 Halcyornithidae
Harrison & Walker, 1972

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參考文獻

  1. ^ Ksepka; Clarke; Grande. Stem Parrots (Aves, Halcyornithidae) from the Green River Formation and a Combined Phylogeny of Pan-Psittaciformes. Journal of Paleontology. 2011, 85 (5): 835–852. S2CID 86618579. doi:10.1666/10-108.1. 
  2. ^ Mayr, Gerald. A partial skeleton of a new species of Tynskya Mayr, 2000 (Aves, Messelasturidae) from the London Clay highlights the osteological distinctness of a poorly known early Eocene “owl/parrot mosaic”. PalZ. 2021-06-01, 95 (2). ISSN 1867-6812. doi:10.1007/s12542-020-00541-8 (英语). 
  3. ^ Ksepka, Daniel T.; Grande, Lance; Mayr, Gerald. Oldest Finch-Beaked Birds Reveal Parallel Ecological Radiations in the Earliest Evolution of Passerines. Current biology: CB. 2019-02-18, 29 (4) [2023-04-03]. ISSN 1879-0445. PMID 30744971. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.040. (原始内容存档于2023-04-05). 
  4. ^ Mayr, Gerald. On the osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the Pseudasturidae–Lower Eocene stem-group representatives of parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. December 2002, 136 (4): 715–729. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00042.x . 
  5. ^ Dyke, Gareth J.; Cooper, Joanne H. A new psittaciform bird from the London Clay (Lower Eocene) of England. Palaeontology. 2000, 43 (2): 271–285. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00126 . 
  6. ^ Mayr, Gerald. Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle Eocene Messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2011, 9 (1): 159–171. S2CID 84569222. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.505252.