Eofringillirostrum

Eofringillirostrum
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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Passerimorphae
Family: Psittacopedidae
Genus: Eofringillirostrum
Ksepka, Mayr, & Grande, 2019
Type species
Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi
Ksepka, Mayr, & Grande, 2019

Eofringillirostrum is an extinct species of bird known from the Early Eocene Green River Formation of the Western United States and from the Messel Pit in Germany. The genus contains two species, Eofringillirostrum boudreauxi and Eofringillirostrum parvulum. They are the earliest known fossil birds to have a finch-like beak.