Cueva Pío Dominga owl locality (Cuba) (Pleistocene of Cuba)

Also known as Valle de Pica Pica

Where: Sierra de Sumidero, Cuba (22.6° N, 83.7° W: paleocoordinates 22.6° N, 83.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

• cave

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: This Paleontology Notes article is a review of the nomenclatural status of specimens described in the periodicals El Cartero Cubano (Arredondo 1958), Bohemia, and Sociedad Espeleológica de Cuba Boleti

Primary reference: P. Brodkorb. 1961. Recently described birds and mammals from Cuban caves. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):633-635 [J. Alroy/R. Whatley/R. Hulbert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13264: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Robin Whatley on 05.02.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Brodkorb places the large owl Ornimegalonyx oteroi in the family Strigidae (removing it from Phororhacidae).
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Aves
 Strigiformes - Strigidae
Ornimegalonyx oteroi
Ornimegalonyx oteroi Arredondo 1958 Cuban giant owl
Ornimegalonyx arredondoi is an objective junior synonym of O. oteroi