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Megascops

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Megascops was named by Kaup (1848). It is extant.

It was assigned to Strigidae by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Megascops Kaup
1854Gymnasio Bonaparte
1855Gymnoglaux Cabanis
2017Megascops Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
genusMegascopsKaup 1848

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. Megascops Kaup 1848
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Megascops asio Linnaeus 1758 [eastern screech-owl]
Megascops kennicottii Elliot 1867 [western screech-owl]
Invalid names: Gymnasio Bonaparte 1854 [synonym]
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: Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Otus asio (20384)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Otus asio (20350 20385)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) Otus asio (20398 20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Otus asio (150336 152008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Otus asio (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Otus asio (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Otus asio (190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Otus asio (20638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Otus asio (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Otus asio (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Otus asio (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Otus asio (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Otus asio (104035)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Otus kennicottii (194909)