Loxia patevi
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| Loxia patevi Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Loxia |
| Species: | †L. patevi
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| †Loxia patevi Boev, 1999
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Loxia patevi is an extinct species of crossbill in the genus Loxia that lived during the Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Loxia patevi fossils are known from the site of Varshets in Bulgaria.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Boev, Zlatozar (30 December 1999). "Earliest finds of crossbills (genus Loxia) (Aves: Fringillidae) from Varshets (NW Bulgaria)". Geologica Balcanica. 29 (3–4): 51–57. doi:10.52321/GeolBalc.29.3-4.51. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
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