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Psittacomimus
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (January 2023) |
| Psittacomimus Temporal range: early Eocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Passerimorphae |
| Family: | †Psittacopedidae |
| Genus: | †Psittacomimus Mayr & Kitchener, 2022 |
| Species: | †P. eos
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| Binomial name | |
| †Psittacomimus eos Mayr & Kitchener, 2022
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Psittacomimus (meaning "Psittacus imitator") is an extinct genus of psittacopedid bird from the Early Eocene London Clay Formation of Essex, United Kingdom. The genus contains a single species, P. eos, known from a partial skeleton.[1]
- ^ Mayr, Gerald; Kitchener, Andrew C. (2022-11-14). "Psittacopedids and zygodactylids: The diverse and species-rich psittacopasserine birds from the early Eocene London Clay of Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex, UK)". Historical Biology. 35 (12): 2372–2395. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2141629. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 253538776.
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