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Tyto
Taxonomy
Tyto was named by Billberg (1828). It is extant. It is the type genus of Tytonidae.
It was assigned to Tytoninae by Wetmore (1956); to Strigiformes by Guthrie (1992); and to Tytonidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994), Burney et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Sánchez‐Marco (2021).
It was assigned to Tytoninae by Wetmore (1956); to Strigiformes by Guthrie (1992); and to Tytonidae by Hay (1930), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Morgan (1994), Burney et al. (2008), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Sánchez‐Marco (2021).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1828 | Tyto Billberg |
1930 | Tyto Hay p. 348 |
1933 | Tyto Lambrecht p. 612 |
1940 | Tyto Wetmore p. 67 |
1956 | Tyto Wetmore p. 85 |
1985 | Tyto Olson p. 132 |
1988 | Tyto Carroll |
1992 | Tyto Guthrie p. 324 |
1994 | Tyto Morgan p. 468 |
2008 | Tyto Burney et al. p. 18 |
2013 | Tyto Meijer et al. p. 886 |
2017 | Tyto Clements et al. |
2021 | Tyto Sánchez‐Marco |
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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. Tyto Billberg 1828
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Tyto alba Scopoli 1769 [barn owl]
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Tyto alba delicatula Gould 1837
Tyto alba gracilirostris Hartert 1905
Tyto alba pratincola Bonaparte 1838
Tyto alba punctatissima Gould and Gray 1838 [Galapagos barn owl]
†Tyto balearica Mourer-Chauvire et al. 1980
†Tyto cavatica Wetmore 1920
†Tyto cravesae Suárez and Olson 2015 [Craves's giant barn owl]
†Tyto gigantea Ballmann 1973
Tyto glaucops Kaup 1853 [ashy-faced owl]
†Tyto letocarti Balouet and Olson 1989
†Tyto mourerchauvireae Pavia 2004
†Tyto noeli Arredondo 1972 [Noel's giant barn owl]
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Invalid names: Tyto neddi Steadman and Hilgartner 1999 [synonym]
Tyto novaehollandiae Stephens 1826 [Australian masked-owl]
†Tyto ostologa Wetmore 1922 [Hispaniolan giant barn owl]
Tyto perlata Vieillot 1817
†Tyto pollens Wetmore 1937 [Bahama barn owl]
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Invalid names: Tyto riveroi Arredondo 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 7 + 8 to the top of the Holocene or 12.75000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.7 Ma
Collections (121 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Badenian | Slovakia | T. sactialbani (73137) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Spain (Cataluña) | T. balearica (78572) | |
Turolian | Spain (Aragon) | T. balearica (35339) | |
Pliocene | Spain (Balearic Islands) | T. balearica (136227) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) | T. balearica (68812) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Menorca) | T. balearica (68814) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) | T. balearica (68813) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | T. sp. (22333) | |
Gelasian | USA (Florida) | T. alba (20384) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Mallorca) | T. balearica (214536) | |
Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | T. alba (125451 125463) | |
Pleistocene | United Kingdom | T. alba (124960) | |
Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | T. alba (136430) | |
Pleistocene | USA (California) | T. alba (176094 176098) | |
Calabrian | Italy | T. alba (197789) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | T. alba (20350 20415) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | T. mourerchauvireae (175900) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Corse) | T. balearica, T. alba (69062) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | T. novaehollandiae (28364) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (California) | T. alba (176091) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | T. alba (20491) | |
Rancholabrean - Holocene | USA (California) | T. alba (84904) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | T. alba (120827 123918 125234 125236 176102 190077 218989) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ecuador | T. alba (152599) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea | T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (194696) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | T. alba (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | T. sp. (193367 193373 193374 193375 193384) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | T. alba (194940) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | T. alba (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | T. alba (20595) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | T. alba (92902 192948 192949 192950 192951 192954 192956 192957 192958 192959 192965) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | Cuba (Pinar del Rio) | T. noeli (92812) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | T. alba (125321) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Seychelles (Aldabra) | T. sp. (192429) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | T. novaehollandiae (194980) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | T. alba (93103) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Corse) | T. alba (215362) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | T. alba (197768) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas | T. pollens (194589) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | T. alba, T. novaehollandiae (136072) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | T. alba (71346) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | T. alba (71670) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | T. alba (20638) T. pratincola (34269) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | T. sp. (144663) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | East Timor | T. sp. (204406 204407) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | T. alba (195018) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | T. alba (197930) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Artemisa) | T. alba, T. noeli (195083) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Papua New Guinea | T. sp. 2 (194694) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | T. alba, T. pollens (144649 194588) T. pollens (194590) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cayman Islands | T. alba (209852) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Haiti | T. ostologa (195073) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) | T. neddi (195072) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | T. alba (190743) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Mayabeque) | T. noeli (153777) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | T. alba (136172) | |
Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | T. alba (195047) | |
Holocene | Dominican Republic | T. alba (194484) | |
Holocene | Australia (South Australia) | T. novaehollandiae (194979) | |
Holocene | New Caledonia | T. alba (13221 193985) T. alba, T. letocarti (193986 193987) T. letocarti (193984 193988) | |
Holocene | Haiti | T. alba, T. glaucops (194483) | |
Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | T. alba (210533) | |
Holocene | Ecuador (Galapagos) | T. punctatissima (190846) | |
Holocene | Tonga | T. alba (194751) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | T. alba (92733) | |
Holocene | Vanuatu (Efate) | T. delicatula (185434) | |
Holocene | Niue | T. alba (193849 193851 193853 193856 193859 193860 193866) | |
Holocene | Madagascar | T. alba (195020) | |
Holocene | Spain | T. alba (194935 194936) T. gracilirostris (194379) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | T. alba (194905 194910 194911 194912 194913 194914 194925 194926 194927) | |
Holocene | France (Corse) | T. alba (215376) | |
Holocene | United Kingdom | T. alba (125443) | |
Holocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | T. sp. (144662) |