The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Osteological and Geologic Conventions
2.2. Institutional Abbreviations
3. Systematic Paleontology
3.1. Referred Specimen
3.2. Locality
3.3. Anatomical Description
3.4. Taxonomic Comparisons
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | n | tl | tsw | tdw |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bubo bubo | 3 | 138.0 | 5.3 | 17.5 |
Bubo scandiaca | 5 | 117.6 | 5.1 | 15.8 |
Bubo virginianus | 10 | 124.3 | 5.2 | 15.6 |
Strix nebulosa | 5 | 118.7 | 4.9 | 14.5 |
Strix occidentalis | 4 | 94.9 | 3.7 | 10.7 |
Strix otus | 4 | 77.2 | 2.8 | 8.5 |
Strix varia | 10 | 106.0 | 3.8 | 12.0 |
Aegolius acadicus | 4 | 46.9 | 1.8 | 5.5 |
Asio flammeus | 4 | 86.2 | 3.0 | 8.9 |
Micrathene whitneyi | 3 | 38.3 | 1.8 | 4.0 |
Otus asio | 9 | 54.1 | 2.2 | 6.5 |
Tyto alba | 6 | 106.4 | 4.2 | 10.6 |
†Ornimegalonyx oteroi | 1 | 250.0 | 13.0 | - |
†Tyto gigantea | 1 | 195.0 | 9.7 | - |
†Tyto noeli | 1 | 147.0 | 6.4 | - |
†Necrobyas arvernensis | 1 | 77.9 | 4.3 | 10.0 |
†Grallistrix auceps | 1 | 110.8 | 4.9 | 10.2 |
†Grallistrix orion | 1 | 101.9 | 4.2 | 9.6 |
†Grallistrix erdmani | 1 | 96.0 | 4.6 | 9.2 |
†Eostrix mimica | 1 | - | 6.0 | 11.4 |
†cf Selenornithinae (Jebel Owl) | 1 | - | 9.7 | 13.6 |
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Smith, N.A.; Stidham, T.A.; Mitchell, J.S. The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa. Diversity 2020, 12, 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040163
Smith NA, Stidham TA, Mitchell JS. The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa. Diversity. 2020; 12(4):163. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040163
Chicago/Turabian StyleSmith, N. Adam, Thomas A. Stidham, and Jonathan S. Mitchell. 2020. "The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa" Diversity 12, no. 4: 163. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12040163