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Otus (scops owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1769Otus Pennant
1809Scops Savigny
1930Otus Hay p. 349
1940Otus Wetmore p. 67
1956Otus Wetmore p. 86
1985Otus Olson p. 131
1988Otus Carroll
1992Otus Parmalee p. 314
1994Mascarenotus Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 1699
1999Mascarenotus Mourer-Chauviré et al. p. 32
2002Otus Mlikovsky p. 214
2006Otus Walker and Dyke p. 97
2008Otus Burney et al. p. 18
2013Otus Meijer et al. p. 887
2017Otus 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
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
familyStrigidaeVigors 1825
genusOtusPennant 1769

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. Otus Pennant 1769 [scops owl]
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Otus flammeolus Kaup 1853 [flammulated owl]
†Otus frutuosoi Rando et al. 2013 [São Miguel scops owl]
†Otus grucheti Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1994 [Gruchet's Mascarene owl]
†Otus guidlayi Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire 1984
†Otus guildayi Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauvire 1984
Otus lempiji Horsfield 1821 [Sunda scops-owl]
Otus manadensis Quoy and Gaimard 1830 [Sulawesi scops-owl]
†Otus mauli Rando et al. 2012 [Madeiran scops owl]
†Otus murivorus Milne-Edwards 1874
Otus rutilus Pucheran 1849 [Malagasy scops-owl]
†Otus sauzieri Newton and Gadow 1893 [Mauritius owl]
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Invalid names: Strix newtoni Rothschild 1907 [synonym]
Otus scops Linnaeus 1758 [European scops-owl]
Otus trichopsis Wagler 1832
Invalid names: Mascarenotus Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1994 [synonym], Scops 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: Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Marsh 1875, Thiollay 1994

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Otus sp. (21726)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Murcia) Otus scops (34128)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Otus guildayi (20302)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Otus sp. (69062)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) Otus scops (175900)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Portugal Otus mauli (194293 194294 194295)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Otus scops (194934)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Otus lempiji (192971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Otus manadensis (193441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Otus sp. (194833)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Otus scops (92902 192951 192957 192959 192966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Otus sp. (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Otus sp. (193377)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Otus scops (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Otus rutilus (195018)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Spain Otus scops (194938)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Otus sp. (93374)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal Otus frutuosoi (194378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Reunion Mascarenotus grucheti (193994 193995 193996) Strix sauzieri (193992)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Otus rutilus (195020 236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Otus rutilus (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Carine murivora (194074) Mascarenotus sauzieri (194027 194034 194169 194170) Strix murivora (194075) Strix sauzieri (194025)