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Tyto novaehollandiae (Australian masked-owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

Taxonomy
Strix novaehollandiae was named by Stephens (1826). It is extant.

It was recombined as Tyto novaehollandiae by Baird (1990), Baird (1993), Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Strix novaehollandiae Stephens
1990Tyto novaehollandiae Baird p. 31
1993Tyto novaehollandiae Baird p. 387
2017Tyto novaehollandiae 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
—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
familyTytonidaeRidgway 1914
genusTytoBillberg 1828
speciesnovaehollandiae(Stephens 1826)

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.

Tyto novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 [Australian masked-owl]
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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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2011-08-20 11:43:35
Modified: 2011-08-19 20:43:35
Source: o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) Tyto novaehollandiae (28364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Tyto novaehollandiae (194980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Tyto novaehollandiae (136072)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Tyto novaehollandiae (194979)