†Eostrix gulottai Mayr 2016 (owl)
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Aves - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae
Full reference: G. Mayr. 2016. The world’s smallest owl, the earliest unambiguous charadriiform bird, and other avian remains from the early Eocene Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia (USA). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 90:747-763
Belongs to Eostrix according to G. Mayr 2016
Sister taxa: Eostrix martinellii, Eostrix mimica, Eostrix tsaganica, Eostrix vincenti
Type specimen: SMF Av 627, a limb element (distal end of right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Fisher/Sullivan Site, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Fisher/Sullivan Site
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