Psittacopes

Psittacopes is an extinct genus of bird from Middle Eocene. One species is recorded from Messel, Germany (P. lepidus), and other three possible species are from London Clay, England, one named ?Psittacopes occidentalis in 2022,^[1] and the other two unnamed. Its phylogenetic placement within Aves is uncertain; it was originally interpreted as a parrot, but the phylogenetic analysis conducted by Mayr (2015) recovered it as more closely related to the passerines and the extinct family Zygodactylidae.^[2]

Psittacopes Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Family:	†Psittacopedidae
Genus:	†Psittacopes Mayr & Daniels, 1998
Species
†P. lepidus Mayr & Daniels, 1998 †?P. occidentalis Mayr & Kitchener, 2022