Aves - Psittaciformes - Psittacidae

Synonym: Protoconurus Spillman 1942

Parent taxon: Psittacidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Campbell 1976, del Hoyo et al. 2014 and Tambussi et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Agapornithinae, Amazona, Ara, Archaeopsittacus, Arinae, Conuropsis, Conurus, Coracopseinae, Cyanoliseus, Eupsittula, Forpus, Platycercinae, Psittacara, Psittacellinae, Psittacinae, Psittacus lartetianus, Psittrichasinae, Xenopsitta

Subtaxa: Aratinga roosevelti Aratinga solstitialis

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Ecology: volant granivore

Distribution: found only at La Carolina (Quaternary of Ecuador)

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