''Palaeospiza bella'' ("beautiful ancient
chaffinch") is a bird which was originally considered a
passerine but is now included in the
Coliiformes.
[Mayr, G. (2001)]
New specimens of the Middle Eocene fossil mousebird Selmes absurdipes Peters 1999
Ibis, 143(4), 427–434.
''Palaeospiza bella'' lived in what is now Colorado in the
Eocene and
Oligocene
The Oligocene ( ) is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present ( to ). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the ...
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References
Coliiformes
Paleogene birds of North America
Eocene birds
Oligocene birds
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