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Tyto

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tytonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Tyto Billberg
1930Tyto Hay p. 348
1933Tyto Lambrecht p. 612
1940Tyto Wetmore p. 67
1956Tyto Wetmore p. 85
1985Tyto Olson p. 132
1988Tyto Carroll
1992Tyto Guthrie p. 324
1994Tyto Morgan p. 468
2008Tyto Burney et al. p. 18
2013Tyto Meijer et al. p. 886
2017Tyto Clements et al.
2021Tyto Sánchez‐Marco

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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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—RaptoresBaird 1858
superorderFalconimorphae
orderStrigiformesWagler 1830
familyTytonidaeRidgway 1914
genusTytoBillberg 1828

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 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
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: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volanto
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2011-08-20 11:43:35
Modified: 2011-08-19 20:43:35
Source: o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Kurochkin and Dyke 2011

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

Collections (127 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia T. sactialbani (73137)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) T. balearica (78572)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) T. balearica (35339)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Balearic Islands) T. balearica (136227)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) T. balearica (68812)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Spain (Menorca) T. balearica (68814)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) T. balearica (68813)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa T. sp. (22333)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) T. alba (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) T. balearica (214536)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) T. alba (176094 176098)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) T. alba (136430)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) T. alba (125451 125463)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom T. alba (124960)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) T. cravesae (152870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy T. alba (197789)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) T. alba (20350 20415)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Siracusa) T. mourerchauvireae (175900)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (South Australia) T. novaehollandiae (28364)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) T. balearica, T. alba (69062)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) T. alba (20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) T. alba (152008 161536 176091 192630)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) T. alba (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles (Aldabra) T. sp. (192429)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) T. alba (120827 123918 125234 125236 176102 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas T. pollens (194589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) T. alba (92902 192948 192949 192950 192951 192954 192956 192957 192958 192959 192965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) T. alba (125321)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) T. sp. (144663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) T. alba, T. novaehollandiae (136072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador T. alba (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) T. novaehollandiae (194980)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) T. alba (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. alba (20638) T. pratincola (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea T. sp. 1, T. sp. 2 (194696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cuba (Pinar del Rio) T. noeli (92812)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) T. alba (215362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal T. alba (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117East Timor T. sp. (204406 204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) T. sp. (193367 193373 193374 193375 193384)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) T. alba (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. alba (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru T. alba (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) T. alba (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) T. alba (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain T. alba (194940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa T. alba (197930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (New Providence Island) T. alba, T. pollens (144649 194588) T. pollens (194590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Mayabeque) T. noeli (153777)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Papua New Guinea T. sp. 2 (194694)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cayman Islands T. alba (209852)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) T. alba, T. noeli (195083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar T. alba (195018)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) T. alba (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) T. alba (136172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Haiti T. ostologa (195073)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda (Barbuda) T. neddi (195072)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Haiti T. alba, T. glaucops (194483)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia T. alba (13221 193985) T. alba, T. letocarti (193986 193987) T. letocarti (193984 193988)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain T. alba (194935 194936) T. gracilirostris (194379)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Yemen T. alba (169046)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) T. alba (194905 194910 194911 194912 194913 194914 194925 194926 194927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) T. alba (92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niue T. alba (193849 193851 193853 193856 193859 193860 193866)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) T. novaehollandiae (194979)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tonga T. alba (194751)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Ecuador (Galapagos) T. punctatissima (190846)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) T. alba (215376)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic T. alba (194484)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0United Kingdom T. alba (125443)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar T. alba (195020 236022)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu (Efate) T. delicatula (185434)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) T. alba (210533)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) T. alba (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) T. sp. (144662)