Oraristrix brea (Howard, 1933)
Brea owl
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Strix brea Howard, 1933
Originally described as Strix brea (Howard, 1933), it was transferred to the new genus Oraristrix by (Campbell & Bochenski, 2010).
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: LACM RLB E9379 (complete left tarsometatarsus)
Other specimens:
For a complete inventory of other specimens see (Campbell & Bochenski, 2010).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Howard, Hildegarde. (1933). A new species of owl from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea, California. The Condor 35(2): 66-69.
Other references:
Campbell, Kenneth E. Jnr. and Bocheński, Zbigniew M. (2010). A new genus for the extinct Late Pleistocene owl Strix brea Howard (Aves: Strigiformes) from Rancho La Brea, California. In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy. Records of the Australian Museum 62(1): 123-144.
Campbell, Kenneth E. Jnr. and Bocheński, Zbigniew M. (2015). The Owls (Aves: Strigiformes) of Rancho La Brea, pp. 5-21. In: Harris, John M. (ed.). La Brea and Beyond: The Paleontology of Asphalt-Preserved Biotas. Los Angeles, California: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Science Series No. 42. 174 pp.
Guthrie, D. A. 2009. An updated catalogue of the birds from the Carpinteria Asphalt, Pleistocene of California. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 108(2):52-62.
Hurley, P. A. 1972. Late Pleistocene raptors from Dry Cave, Eddy County, New Mexico. M.S. Thesis, University of Texas at El Paso, 62 pp.
Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]
Steadman, D. W., and J. I. Mead. 2010. A late Pleistocene bird community at the northern edge of the tropics in Sonora, Mexico. American Midland Naturalist, 163(2):423-441.
Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.
Van Devender, T. R., A. M. Rea, and M. L. Smith. 1985. The Sangamon interglacial vertebrate fauna from Rancho La Brisca, Sonora, México. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 21(2):23-55.