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Megascops
Taxonomy
Megascops was named by Kaup (1848). It is extant.
It was assigned to Strigidae by Clements et al. (2017), Eshelman et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Strigidae by Clements et al. (2017), Eshelman et al. (2025).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Megascops Kaup |
| 1854 | Gymnasio Bonaparte |
| 1855 | Gymnoglaux Cabanis |
| 2017 | Megascops Clements et al. |
| 2025 | Megascops Eshelman et al. p. 84 |
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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 guildayi Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauviré 1984
Megascops kennicottii Elliot 1867 [western screech-owl]
Megascops nudipes Daudin 1800 [Puerto Rican screech-owl]
†Megascops nudipes newtoni Lawrence 1861
Invalid names: Gymnasio Bonaparte 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, 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
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Otus asio (20384) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Otus asio (20350 20385) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Otus asio (150336 152008) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Otus asio (20398 20491) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Otus asio (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Otus asio (20638) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Otus asio (103991) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Otus asio (190077 218989) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Otus asio (154722) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | USA (California) | Otus asio (155393) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Otus asio (20573 20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Otus asio (84190) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Puerto Rico | Gymnasio nudipes (38848 192222 231345 241335) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Otus asio (104035) | |
| Holocene | Virgin Islands, U.S. | Gymnasio nudipes (132605) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Otus kennicottii (194909) |