| Archaeopsittacus Temporal range: Late Oligocene/Early Miocene | |
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| An artist's illustration of Archaeopsittacus verreauxi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Psittaciformes |
| Family: | Psittacidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeopsittacus Lambrecht, 1933 |
| Species: | †A. verreauxi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archaeopsittacus verreauxi (A. Milne-Edwards, 1870) | |
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Archaeopsittacus is a genus of prehistoric parrot that was known from deposits of either Late Oligocene or Early Miocene age (c. 23 mya) at Verreaux near Saint-Gérand-le-Puy, France.
The genus was apparently close to the Old World lineages of parrots and might conceivably be assigned to the modern subfamily Psittacinae - either in the strict sense (i.e. including the African parrots and possibly the Asian parrots and parakeets) or in the loose sense (including all psittaciforms except some or all of lories and lorikeets, cockatoos, Nestorinae, kakapo and Arini), despite its early age. Its lack of apomorphies prevents any better placement until more material is found.