Order Psittaciformes Wagler 1830 (parrot)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39357
Parent taxon: Psittacimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxon: Columbiformes
Subtaxa: Cacatuidae, Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, Mopsitta, Namapsitta, Nestoridae, Panpsittaciformes, Platycercidae, Psittacidae, Psittaculidae, Quercypsittidae, Strigopidae, Strigopoidea
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore