Aves - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae
Full reference: E. N. Kurochkin and G. J. Dyke. 2011. The First Fossil Owls (Aves: Strigiformes) from the Paleogene of Asia and a Review of the Fossil Record of Strigiformes. Paleontological Journal 45(4):445-458
Belongs to Eostrix according to E. N. Kurochkin and G. J. Dyke 2011
Sister taxa: Eostrix gulottai, Eostrix martinellii, Eostrix mimica, Eostrix vincenti
Type specimen: PIN 3104/129, a limb element (distal end of a left tarsometatarsus with portion of shaft). Its type locality is Tsagaan Khushuu (PIN collection 3104), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Naran Bulak Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tsagaan Khushuu (PIN collection 3104)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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