Strix sp. nov. 'Georgia'

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

Georgia, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Olson, Storrs L. (1984). A very large enigmatic owl (Aves: Strigidae) from the Late Pleistocene at Ladds, Georgia. Special Publication of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 8: 44-48.

Steadman, David W. (2005). Fossil Birds from Kingston Saltpeter Cave, southern Appalachian Mountains, Georgia. Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45(4): 231-248.

https://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/the-unknown-owl-of-pleistocene-georgia/

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