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Tyto noeli (Noel's giant barn owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

Taxonomy
Tyto noeli was named by Arredondo (1972). Its type specimen is DPUH 1251, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cueva del Túnel, La Salud, which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene cave horizon in Cuba.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Tyto noeli Arredondo p. 416 fig. 1,2
1999Tyto neddi Steadman and Hilgartner p. 76 figs. 2B, 3B, 4B,E,H, 5B,E, 6B,E,H
2015Tyto noeli Suárez and Olson p. 540 figs. 2A,B,C, 3B, 4A, 5A,B,C,D,G, 6A,E,F, 7A,B,C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
Terrestrornithes
Dendrornithes
RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyTytonidaeRidgway 1914
genusTytoBillberg 1828
speciesnoeli

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tyto noeli Arredondo 1972 [Noel's giant barn owl]
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Invalid names: Tyto neddi Steadman and Hilgartner 1999 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available