Nelepsittacus
Sign in to saveNelepsittacus is a genus of extinct New Zealand parrots that is closely related to the genus Nestor (the living kākā and kea). It consists of four species, of which three have been named so far. The species are all known from the early Miocene Saint Bathans Fauna from the Lower Bannockburn Formation in Otago in New Zealand.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Discovery and naming
- Species
- ''Nelepsittacus minimus''
- ''Nelepsittacus donmertoni''
- ''Nelepsittacus daphneleeae''
- ''Nelepsittacus sp.''
- Phylogeography
- References
Nelepsittacus is a genus of extinct New Zealand parrots that is closely related to the genus Nestor (the living kākā and kea). It consists of four species, of which three have been named so far. The species are all known from the early Miocene Saint Bathans Fauna from the Lower Bannockburn Formation in Otago in New Zealand.
Features in their skeletons, namely the coracoid, humerus, tibiotarsus, and tarsometatarsus, that they share only with the Nestor parrots link them to that genus.
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