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Prosybris medius

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Necrobyas medius was named by Mourer-Chauviré (1987). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Phosphorites du Quercy (for taxa with non-specific locality data), which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial phosphorite in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation of France.

It was recombined as Prosybris medius by Mlikovsky (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Necrobyas medius Mourer-Chauviré p. 104
2002Prosybris medius Mlikovsky p. 210

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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
—Eucrocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—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
genusProsybrisBrodkorb 1970
speciesmedius()

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.

†Prosybris medius Mourer-Chauviré 1987
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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, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene37.2 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Necrobyas medius (179194)