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Prosybris

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy

Prosybris was named by Brodkorb (1970). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tytonidae by Olson (1985), Carroll (1988); and to Strigidae by Mlikovsky (2002).

Species

P. antiqua, P. medius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1970	Prosybris Brodkorb
1985	Prosybris Olson p. 131
1988	Prosybris Carroll
2002	Prosybris Mlikovsky p. 210

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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	Strigidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Prosybris	Brodkorb 1970

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. †Prosybris Brodkorb 1970

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†Prosybris antiqua Milne-Edwards 1863

†Prosybris medius Mourer-Chauviré 1987

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: Thiollay 1994, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene	37.71 - 15.98	France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées)	Necrobyas medius (179194)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Belgium	P. antiqua (31748)