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翡翠鶻科

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翡翠鶻科
化石時期:55–48 Ma
始新世
科學分類 編輯
界: 動物界 Animalia
門: 脊索動物門 Chordata
綱: 鳥綱 Aves
演化支 今顎類 Neognathae
演化支 新鳥類 Neoaves
演化支 雀類 Passerea
演化支 陸鳥類 Telluraves
演化支 南鳥類 Australaves
演化支 真隼形類 Eufalconimorphae
科: 翡翠鶻科 Halcyornithidae
Harrison & Walker, 1972

翡翠鶻科(學名:Halcyornithidae)或似南美鵟科(學名:Pseudasturidae)是一科已滅絕的鳥類,曾被視為鸚形目鳥類。[1]但也有研究表明它們可能是非鸚雀總目真隼形類鳥類。[2][3]該科成員生活在5500-4800萬年前的始新世,化石發現於美國綠河組和英國倫敦粘土組[4][5]它們可能是梅塞爾鶻科的姊妹群。[6]

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  4. ^ Mayr, Gerald. On the osteology and phylogenetic affinities of the Pseudasturidae–Lower Eocene stem-group representatives of parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. December 2002, 136 (4): 715–729. doi:10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00042.x可免費查閱. 
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  6. ^ Mayr, Gerald. Well-preserved new skeleton of the Middle Eocene Messelastur substantiates sister group relationship between Messelasturidae and Halcyornithidae (Aves, ?Pan-Psittaciformes). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 2011, 9 (1): 159–171. S2CID 84569222. doi:10.1080/14772019.2010.505252.