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Surnia (northern hawk owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Surnia was named by Duméril (1806). It is extant.

It was assigned to Strigidae by Parmalee and Klippel (1982), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1806Surnia Duméril
1982Surnia Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
2002Surnia Mlikovsky p. 216
2017Surnia Clements 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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—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
familyStrigidaeVigors 1825
genusSurniaDuméril 1806

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. Surnia Duméril 1806 [northern hawk owl]
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†Surnia capeki Jánossy 1972
†Surnia robusta Jánossy 1977
Surnia ulula Linnaeus 1758 [northern hawk owl]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:55:38
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:55:38
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Surnia robusta (35358)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) Surnia robusta (35369)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) Surnia robusta (35457)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Surnia ulula (175900)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Surnia ulula (197769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Surnia ulula (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Surnia ulula (82890)