Family Psittacidae Illiger 1811 (parrot)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39358
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Psittaciformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Cacatuidae, Halcyornithidae, Messelasturidae, Mopsitta, Namapsitta, Nestoridae, Panpsittaciformes, Platycercidae, Psittaculidae, Quercypsittidae, Strigopidae, Strigopoidea
Subtaxa: Agapornithinae, Amazona, Ara, Aratinga, Archaeopsittacus, Arinae, Conuropsis, Conurus, Coracopseinae, Cyanoliseus, Eupsittula, Forpus, Palaeopsittacus, Platycercinae, Psittacara, Psittacellinae, Psittacinae, Psittrichasinae
Ecology: volant granivore