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Megascops asio (eastern screech-owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Strigidae

Taxonomy
Strix asio was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Otus asio by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1931), Wetmore (1940), Miller and DeMay (1942), Wetmore (1956) and Parmalee (1992); it was recombined as Megascops asio by Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Strix asio Linnaeus p. 92
1930Otus asio Hay p. 349
1931Otus asio Wetmore p. 40
1940Otus asio Wetmore p. 67
1942Otus asio Miller and DeMay p. 117
1956Otus asio Wetmore p. 86
1992Otus asio Parmalee p. 314
2017Megascops asio 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
—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
genusMegascopsKaup 1848
speciesasio()

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.

Megascops asio Linnaeus 1758 [eastern screech-owl]
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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: Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Thiollay 1994

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Otus asio (20384)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Otus asio (20350 20385)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Otus asio (150336)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Otus asio (20398 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Otus asio (103991)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Otus asio (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Otus asio (20573 20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Otus asio (190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Otus asio (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Otus asio (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Otus asio (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Otus asio (20638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Otus asio (104035)