†Tyto cravesae Suárez and Olson 2015 (Craves's giant barn owl)
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Aves - Strigiformes - Tytonidae
Full reference: W. Suárez and S. L. Olson. 2015. Systematics and distribution of the giant fossil barn owls of the West Indies (Aves: Strigiformes: Tytonidae). Zootaxa 4020:533-553
Belongs to Tyto according to W. Suárez and S. L. Olson 2015
Sister taxa: Tyto alba, Tyto balearica, Tyto gigantea, Tyto glaucops, Tyto letocarti, Tyto mourerchauvireae, Tyto noeli, Tyto novaehollandiae, Tyto ostologa, Tyto perlata, Tyto pollens
Type specimen: MNHNCu 75.590, a set of postcrania
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Las Breas de San Felipe (Quaternary of Cuba)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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