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Tyto pollens (Bahama barn owl)

Osteichthyes - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

Taxonomy
Tyto pollens was named by Wetmore (1937). Its type specimen is MCZ 2262, a set of limb elements (left femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Upper Pasture Cave, Little Exuma, which is in a Pleistocene cave limestone in the Bahamas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. sactialbani

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Tyto pollens Wetmore p. 436 figs. 10-16
1956Tyto pollens Wetmore p. 85
1959Tyto pollens Brodkorb
1972Tyto riveroi Arredondo
1982Tyto pollens Olson and Hilgartner p. 36
2015Tyto pollens Suárez and Olson p. 539 fig. 6D
2018Tyto pollens Oswald and Steadman p. 366

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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
familyTytonidaeRidgway 1914
genusTytoBillberg 1828
speciespollens

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 pollens Wetmore 1937 [Bahama barn owl]
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Invalid names: Tyto riveroi Arredondo 1972 [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: 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, Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Tyto pollens (type locality: 194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) Tyto pollens (144649 194588 194590)