Nocturnavis Mourer-Chauviré 1987 (barn owl)

Aves - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

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

Parent taxon: Tytonidae according to C. Mourer-Chauviré 1987

Sister taxa: Lechusa, Phodilinae, Selenornis, Tyto, Tytoninae

Subtaxa: none

Type: Bubo incertus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Montmartre (Eocene of France)

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