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Protostrigidae

Osteichthyes - 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
Entered
by J. Hunter on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2020-04-13

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

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—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
familyProtostrigidae
familyProtostrigidae

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 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: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range: base of the Lysitean to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lysitean56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Eostrix martinellii (74295)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Mongolia (Omnogov) Eostrix tsaganica (114685)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Eostrix gulottai (15595)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Minerva saurodosis (106325) Protostrix leptosteus (16228)
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Protostrix californiensis (16692)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Saxony) Protostrigidae indet. (65173)