Biology:Tyto richae
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Short description: Extinct species of owl
| Tyto richae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Tytonidae |
| Genus: | Tyto |
| Species: | †T. richae
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tyto richae Pavia et. al., 2015
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Tyto richae is an extinct species of Tyto that lived in South Africa during the Early Pliocene, its fossils having been discovered in the Varswater Formation.[1]
References
- ↑ Marco Pavia; Albrecht Manegold; Pippa Haarhoff (2015). "Early Pliocene owls from Langebaanweg, South Africa, with first evidence of the genus Athene south of the Sahara and the description of a new species of Tyto". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60 (4): 815–828. doi:10.4202/app.00077.2014. http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app000772014.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q132051272 entry
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