Necrobyas minimus Mourer-Chauviré 1987 (true owl)

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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