原鸮属属名Ogygoptynx),是一种生存于古新世中期的鸮形目鸟类,也是已知最早的(猫头鹰)。化石发现于美国科罗拉多州拉普拉塔圣胡安河附近[1]

原鸮属
化石时期:古新世中期,60.2–56.8 Ma
科学分类 编辑
界: 动物界 Animalia
门: 脊索动物门 Chordata
纲: 鸟纲 Aves
目: 鸮形目 Strigiformes
属: 原鸮属 Ogygoptynx
Rich & Bohaska, 1976
模式种
魏特摩原鸮
Ogygoptynx wetmorei

Rich & Bohaska, 1976

参考来源

  1. ^ Rich, P. V.; Bohaska, D. J. The world's oldest owl: a new strigiform from the Paleocene of southwestern Colorado. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 1976, 27: 87–93. ISSN 1943-6688. 
  • Rich, Patricia Vickers & David J. Bohaska, 1981. The Ogygoptyngidae, a New Family of Owls from the Paleocene of North America. Alcheringa 5: 95-102. (PDF)
  • Sankar Chatterjee. The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution, Pg.251.
  • James R. Duncan. Owls of the World: Their Lives, Behavior and Survival, Pg.72.