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{{Short description|Extinct genus of birds}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Archaeopsittacus''
| fossil_range = [[Late Oligocene]]/[[Early Miocene]]
| display_parents = 2
| genus = Archaeopsittacus
| parent_authority = [[Kálmán Lambrecht|Lambrecht]], 1933
| species = verreauxi
| authority = ([[Alphonse Milne-Edwards|A. Milne-Edwards]], 1870)
| synonyms =
*''Psittacus verreauxii'' <small>(''lapsus'')</small><br>{{Taxobox_authority | author = A. Milne-Edwards | date = 1870}}
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}}

'''''Archaeopsittacus''''' is a [[genus]] of prehistoric [[parrot]]. It is known from deposits of either Late [[Oligocene]] or Early [[Miocene]] age (c. 23 [[mya (unit)|mya]]) at [[Verreaux]] near [[Saint-Gérand-le-Puy]], [[France]]. A single species, '''''Archaeopsittacus verreauxi''''',<ref>
[[Etymology]]: "Ancient parrot from Verreaux". ''Archaeopsittacus'', [[Latin]]ized [[Ancient Greek]], from ''archaios'' (''αρχαίος'') "ancient" + ''psittakos'' (''ψιττακός'') "parrot". Chosen by Milne-Edwards to denote the similarities to the modern genus ''[[Psittacus]]''. ''verreauxi'', [[Latin]] for "from Verreaux".</ref>
is known.<ref>Waterhouse, 2006</ref>

The genus was apparently close to the Old World lineages of parrots and might conceivably be assigned to the modern superfamily [[Psittacoidea]]. Its lack of [[apomorph]]ies prevents any better placement until more material is found.<ref>Mayr & Göhlich 2004</ref>

==Footnotes==
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==References==
* Lambrecht, Kálmán (1933): [Genus ''Archaeopsittacus''] ''In: Handbuch der Palaeornithologie'': 609. Gebrüder Bornträger, Berlin.
* Mayr, Gerald & Göhlich, Ursula B. (2004): A new parrot from the Miocene of Germany, with comments on the variation of hypotarsus morphology in some Psittaciformes. ''Belgian Journal of Zoology'' '''134'''(1): 47–54. [http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/abteilung/terrzool/ornithologie/parrot.pdf PDF fulltext]
* Milne-Edwards, Alphonse (1870): Observations sur la faune ornithologique du Bourbonnais pendant la période tertiaire moyenne. ''[[Les Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences|C. R. hebd. Acad. sci.]]'' '''70'''(11): 557–559. [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k30279 Fulltext at Gallica]
* Waterhouse, David M. (2006): Parrots in a nutshell: The fossil record of Psittaciformes (Aves). ''Historical Biology'' '''18'''(2): 227–238, {{doi|10.1080/08912960600641224}}

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[[Category:Bird genera]]
[[Category:Parrots]]
[[Category:Paleogene birds of Europe]]
[[Category:Psittaciformes]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1870]]
[[Category:Neogene birds of Europe]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Kálmán Lambrecht]]


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