Primoptynx Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Genus: | † Primoptynx |
Species: | †P. poliotauros |
Binomial name | |
†Primoptynx poliotauros Mayr et. al., 2020 | |
Primoptynx is an extinct genus of strigiform that lived during the Ypresian stage of the Eocene epoch.
Primoptynx poliotauros fossils are known from the Willwood Formation of Wyoming. [1]