Tyto balearica

Tyto balearica
Temporal range: Miocene-Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species:
†T. balearica
Binomial name
†Tyto balearica
Mourer-Chauviré et. al., 1980

Tyto balearica is an extinct species of Tyto that lived during the Neogene and Quaternary.

Distribution

Fossils of T. balearica are known from the Balearic Islands.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile; Alcover, Josep A.; Moya, Salvador; Pons, Juan (1980). "Une Nouvelle Forme Insulaire d'Efraie Geante, Tyto balearica N. Sp., (Aves, Strigiformes), du Plio-Pleistocene des Baleares" (PDF). Géobios. 13 (5): 803–811. doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(80)80060-x.


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