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Eofringillirostrum
| Eofringillirostrum Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Passerimorphae |
| Family: | †Psittacopedidae |
| Genus: | †Eofringillirostrum Ksepka, Mayr, & Grande, 2019 |
| Type species | |
| †Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi Ksepka, Mayr, & Grande, 2019
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Eofringillirostrum is an extinct species of bird known from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of the Western United States and from the Messel Pit in Germany. The genus contains two species, Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi and Eofringillirostrum parvulum. They are the earliest known fossil birds to have a finch-like beak.
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