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Archaeopsittacus
''Archaeopsittacus'' is a genus of prehistoric parrot. It is known from deposits of either Late Oligocene or Early Miocene age (c. 23 mya) at Verreaux near Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France. A single species, ''Archaeopsittacus verreauxi'',〔
Etymology: "Ancient parrot from Verreaux". ''Archaeopsittacus'', Latinized Ancient Greek, from ''archaios'' (''αρχαίος'') "ancient" + ''psittakos'' (''ψιττακός'') "parrot". Chosen by Milne-Edwards to denote the similarities to the modern genus ''Psittacus''. ''verreauxi'', Latin for "from Verreaux".〕
is known.
The genus was apparently close to the Old World lineages of parrots and might conceivably be assigned to the modern subfamily Psittacinae - either in the strict sense (i.e. including the African parrots and possibly the Asian parrots and parakeets) or in the loose sense (including all psittaciforms except some or all of lories and lorikeets, cockatoos, Nestorinae, kakapo and Arini), despite its early age. Its lack of apomorphies prevents any better placement until more material is found.〔Mayr & Göhlich 2004〕
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