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Tyto balearica

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Tytonidae

Taxonomy
Tyto balearica was named by Mourer-Chauvire et al. (1980). Its type specimen is complete left coracoid, Cova de Canet, Mallorca, Spain, a limb element (complete left coracoid), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cova de Canet, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tyto balearica Mourer-Chauvire et al. p. 804,805,811,812 figs. Pl. 1, Fig.1-12
2002Tyto balearica Mlikovsky p. 212

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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
familyTytonidaeRidgway 1914
genusTytoBillberg 1828
speciesbalearica

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.

†Tyto balearica Mourer-Chauvire et al. 1980
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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: 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: Kurochkin and Dyke 2011, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the MN 7 + 8 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 12.75000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) Tyto balearica (78572)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) Tyto balearica (35339)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Balearic Islands) Tyto balearica (136227)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) Tyto balearica (type locality: 68812)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) Tyto balearica (68813)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Spain (Menorca) Tyto balearica (68814)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) Tyto balearica (214536)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Tyto balearica (69062)