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The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa | |
Smith, N. Adam1; Stidham, Thomas A.2,3,4; Mitchell, Jonathan S.5 | |
2020-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | DIVERSITY-BASEL |
卷号 | 12期号:4页码:12 |
摘要 | The relatively extensive fossil record of owls (Aves, Strigiformes) in North America and Europe stands in stark contrast to the paucity of fossil strigiformes from Africa. The first occurrence of a fossil owl from the Paleogene of Africa extends the fossil record of this clade on that continent by as much as 25 million years, and confirms the presence of large-sized owls in Oligocene continental faunas. The new fossil is tentatively referred to the Selenornithinae, a clade of large owls previously restricted to Europe. This new fossil owl was likely similar in size to the extant Eagle Owls of the genus Bubo, and suggests that the niche of large, volant, terrestrial avian predator, although relatively rare throughout avian evolutionary history, may be an ecological role that was more common among extinct owls than previously recognized. |
关键词 | Egypt Fayum Depression Jebel Qatrani Formation Oligocene Selenornithinae |
DOI | 10.3390/d12040163 |
关键词[WOS] | EARLY OLIGOCENE ; EARLY MIOCENE ; RECORD ; EOCENE ; AVIFAUNA ; BIRDS ; PHYLOGENY ; BELGIUM ; GENUS ; DNA |
收录类别 | SCI |
语种 | 英语 |
资助项目 | National Natural Science Foundation of China[NSFC41772013] ; National Evolutionary Synthesis Center Postdoctoral Fellowship (NESCent)[NSF EF-0905606] ; J.C. Meeker Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Field Museum ; Paul and Judy Benson Endowment through the Campbell Geology Museum at Clemson University |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
WOS类目 | Ecology |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000533906300007 |
出版者 | MDPI |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/17518 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) |
通讯作者 | Smith, N. Adam |
作者单位 | 1.Clemson Univ, Campbell Geol Museum, Clemson, SC 29634 USA 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 3.CAS Ctr Excellence Life & Paleoenvironm, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 5.West Virginia Univ, Inst Technol, Beckley, WV 25801 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Smith, N. Adam,Stidham, Thomas A.,Mitchell, Jonathan S.. The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa[J]. DIVERSITY-BASEL,2020,12(4):12. |
APA | Smith, N. Adam,Stidham, Thomas A.,&Mitchell, Jonathan S..(2020).The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa.DIVERSITY-BASEL,12(4),12. |
MLA | Smith, N. Adam,et al."The First Fossil Owl (Aves, Strigiformes) From the Paleogene of Africa".DIVERSITY-BASEL 12.4(2020):12. |
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