Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae
Full reference: A. H. Miller. 1944. An avifauna from the lower Miocene of South Dakota. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 27(4):85-100
Belongs to Strix according to S. L. Olson 1985
See also Miller 1944 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Strix aluco, Strix antiqua, Strix brevis, Strix collongensis, Strix edwardsi, Strix ignota, Strix leptogrammica, Strix melitensis, Strix nebulosa, Strix occidentalis, Strix passerina, Strix perpasta, Strix sancti, Strix uralensis, Strix varia, Strix wintershofensis
Type specimen: UCMP 37368, a limb element (dital right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Flint Hill North, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Batesland Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Flint Hill North
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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