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Pica mourerae

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Pica mourerae
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Corvidae
Genus: Pica
Species:
P. mourerae
Binomial name
Pica mourerae
Seguí, 2001

Pica mourerae is an extinct species of magpie in the genus Pica that lived around the Plio-Pleistocene boundary.

Distribution

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Fossils of P. mourerae are known from the site of Pedrera de s'Ònix in Mallorca.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Seguí, Bartomeu (January 2001). "A new species of Pica (Aves: Corvidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene of Mallorca, Balearic Islands (Western Mediterranean)". Geobios. 34 (3): 339–347. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(01)80080-2. Retrieved 18 February 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.