Tyto mourerchauvireae

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Tyto mourerchauvireae
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species:
T. mourerchauvireae
Binomial name
Tyto mourerchauvireae
Pavia, 2004

Tyto mourerchauvireae is an extinct species of owl in the genus Tyto that lived during the Middle Pleistocene.

Distribution

Tyto mourerchauvireae is known from Sicily. [1]

References

  1. Pavia, Marco (September–October 2004). "A new large barn owl (Aves, Strigiformes, Tytonidae) from the Middle Pleistocene of Sicily, Italy, and its taphonomical significance". Geobios . 37 (5): 631–641. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.05.007. hdl:2318/84927 . Retrieved 26 March 2025 via Elsevier Science Direct.