†subfamily Selenornithinae Mourer-Chaviré 1987 (owl)
Parent taxon: Strigiformes according to N. A. Smith et al. 2020
Sister taxa: Berruornis, Bubonidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Palaeoglaucidae, Primoptynx, Protostrigidae, Sophiornithidae, Strigidae, Tytonidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry I (Jebel Qatrani Formation) (Oligocene of Egypt)