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Phodilus (bay-owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

Taxonomy
Phodilus was named by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1830). It is extant.

It was assigned to Phodilinae by Livezey and Zusi (2007), del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Phodilus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
2007Phodilus Livezey and Zusi p. 35
2014Phodilus del Hoyo et al.

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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
subfamilyPhodilinaeBeddard 1898
genusPhodilusGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1830

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.

G. Phodilus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1830 [bay-owl]
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Phodilus assimilis Hume 1877 [Sri Lanka bay-owl]
Phodilus badius Horsfield 1821 [Oriental bay-owl]
Phodilus prigoginei Schouteden 1952 [Congo bay-owl]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available