†Primoptynx poliotauros Mayr et al. 2020 (owl)
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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
Belongs to Primoptynx according to G. Mayr et al. 2020
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UMMP 96195, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is MP-228 (McCullough Peaks), which is in a Wasatchian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at MP-228 (McCullough Peaks)
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