†Necrobyas minimus Mourer-Chauviré 1987 (true owl)
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Aves - Strigiformes - Strigidae
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 Necrobyas according to C. Mourer-Chauviré 1987
Sister taxa: Necrobyas edwardsi, Necrobyas harpax, Necrobyas rossignoli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Itardies, which is in a MP 23 terrestrial phosphorite in France
Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore
Distribution: found only at Itardies
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