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Protostrigidae

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae

Taxonomy

Protostrigidae was named by Wetmore (1933). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Strigiformes by Mayr (2005); and to Strigiformes by Wetmore (1933), Wetmore (1956), Wetmore (1960), Howard (1965), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Kurochkin and Dyke (2011).

Subtaxa

Eostrix, Protostrix

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1933	Protostrigidae Wetmore p. 4
1956	Protostrigidae Wetmore p. 84
1960	Protostrigidae Wetmore p. 28
1965	Protostrigidae Howard p. 350
1985	Protostrigidae Olson p. 130
1988	Protostrigidae Carroll
2005	Protostrigidae Mayr p. 318
2011	Protostrigidae Kurochkin and Dyke

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Neognathae	(Pycraft 1900)
—	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
—	Terrestrornithes
—	Dendrornithes
—	Raptores	Baird 1858
superorder	Falconimorphae
order	Strigiformes	Wagler 1830
family	Protostrigidae
family	Protostrigidae

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.

Fm. †Protostrigidae Wetmore 1933

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G. †Eostrix Brodkorb 1971

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†Eostrix gulottai Mayr 2016

†Eostrix martinellii Martin and Black 1972

†Eostrix mimica Wetmore 1938

†Eostrix tsaganica Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

†Eostrix vincenti Harrison 1980

G. †Protostrix Wetmore 1933

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†Protostrix californiensis Howard 1965

†Protostrix leptosteus Marsh 1871

†Protostrix saurodosis Wetmore 1921

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: Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Rupelian or 54.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	Mongolia (Omnogov)	Eostrix tsaganica (114685)
Lysitean	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Wyoming)	Eostrix martinellii (74295)
Wasatchian	54.9 - 50.5	USA (Virginia)	Eostrix gulottai (15595)
Bridgerian	50.5 - 46.2	USA (Wyoming)	Minerva saurodosis (106325) Protostrix leptosteus (16228)
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	Protostrix californiensis (16692)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany (Saxony)	Protostrigidae indet. (65173)