Palaeospiza Allen 1878 (mousebird)

Aves - Coliiformes

Full reference: J. A. Allen. 1878. Description of a fossil passerine bird from the insect-bearing shales of Colorado. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4:443-445

Parent taxon: Coliiformes according to D. T. Ksepka and J. A. Clarke 2009

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Mayr 2022, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: Colii, Coliidae, Eocolius

Subtaxa: Palaeospiza bella

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Type: Palaeospiza bella

Ecology: volant omnivore

Distribution: found only at Florissant Formation (Allen 1878) (Eocene of Colorado)

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