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Strix

Osteichthyes - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Strix Linnaeus
1809Syrnium Savigny
1933Strix Lambrecht p. 613
1940Strix Wetmore p. 68
1956Strix Wetmore p. 87
1982Strix Parmalee and Klippel p. 366
1985Strix Olson p. 131
1988Strix Carroll
1992Strix Parmalee p. 314
2002Strix Mlikovsky p. 217
2017Strix Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
—Saurischia()
—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
genusStrix

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. Strix Linnaeus 1758
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Strix aluco Linnaeus 1758 [tawny owl]
†Strix antiqua Milne-Edwards 1863
†Strix brevis Ballman 1969
†Strix collongensis Ballman 1972
†Strix dakota Miller 1944 [owl]
†Strix edwardsi Ennouchi 1930
†Strix ignota Paris 1912
Strix leptogrammica Temminck 1832 [brown wood-owl]
†Strix melitensis Lydekker 1891
Strix nebulosa Forster 1772 [great gray owl]
Strix occidentalis Xántus 1860 [spotted owl]
Strix passerina Linnaeus 1758 [Eurasian pygmy-owl]
†Strix perpasta Ballman 1976
†Strix sancti Lydekker 1893
†Strix sancti albani Lydekker 1893
Strix uralensis Pallas 1771 [Ural owl]
Strix varia Barton 1799 [barred owl]
†Strix wintershofensis Ballman 1969
Invalid names: Syrnium Savigny 1809 [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, Kiessling 2004, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Holocene or 18.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (South Dakota) S. dakota (17912)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) S. brevis (75481)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') S. sp. (174455)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) S. varia (20384)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) S. aluco (183123)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom S. aluco (125438)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) S. aluco (34128)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) S. varia (195049)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco S. aluco (191730)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) S. varia (20398 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. varia (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. varia (20638 74292 154936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) S. varia (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. varia (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) S. varia (152904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) S. aluco (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan S. uralensis (193441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) S. varia (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) S. varia (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania S. aluco (197947) S. nebulosa (197946)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) S. occidentalis (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Russian Federation S. sp., S. uralensis (194812)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Malaysia S. leptogrammica (195013)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) S. varia (195062 195069)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation S. nebulosa (194810)