Aves - Strigiformes

Full reference: G. Mayr, P. D. Gingerich, and T. Smith. 2020. Skeleton of a new owl from the early Eocene of North America (Aves, Strigiformes) with an accipitrid-like foot morphology. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1769116:1-15

Parent taxon: Strigiformes according to G. Mayr et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Berruornis, Bubonidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Palaeoglaucidae, Protostrigidae, Selenornithinae, Sophiornithidae, Strigidae, Tytonidae

Subtaxa: Primoptynx poliotauros

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Type: Primoptynx poliotauros

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at MP-228 (McCullough Peaks) (Eocene of Wyoming)

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