†family Protostrigidae Wetmore 1933 (owl)
Aves - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1933. The status of Minerva antiqua, Aquila ferox and Aquila lydekkeri as fossil birds. American Museum Novitates 680:1-4
Parent taxon: Strigiformes according to E. N. Kurochkin and G. J. Dyke 2011
See also Carroll 1988, Howard 1965, Mayr 2005, Olson 1985, Wetmore 1933, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: Berruornis, Bubonidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Palaeoglaucidae, Primoptynx, Selenornithinae, Sophiornithidae, Strigidae, Tytonidae
Subtaxa: Eostrix Protostrix
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Mongolia (1), United States (5: California, Virginia, Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence