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Tyto richae

Tyto richae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae
Genus: Tyto
Species:
T. richae
Binomial name
Tyto richae
Pavia et. al., 2015

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]

  1. ^ 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.

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