PSITTACIDAE
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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090.468.1.1 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8D5487F9-9C77-FFEE-FEDC-FA214CEF2D34 |
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Felipe |
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PSITTACIDAE |
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The Psittacinae is a low-diversity radiation endemic to Africa comprising two genera, Psittacus and Poicephalus . The Psittacinae split from their sister clade, the Arinae in the early Oligocene (~30 Mya; fig. 1) well after the proposed split between Africa and South America in the Middle Cretaceous age, about 115–125 Mya ( Valencio and Vilas, 1969).
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