†Sophiornis quercynus Mourer-Chauviré 1987 (owl)
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Aves - Strigiformes - Sophiornithidae
Full reference: C. Mourer-Chauviré. 1987. The owls (Aves: Strigiformes) of Phosphorites du Quercy (France): Systematics, biostratigraphy, and paleobiogeography. Documents des laboratories des géologie, Lyon 99:89-135
Belongs to Sophiornis according to J. Mlikovsky 2002
See also Mourer-Chauviré 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data)
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