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Ogygoptynx Rich and Bohaska 1976 (owl)

Reptilia - Strigiformes - Ogygoptyngidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 39399

Parent taxon: Ogygoptyngidae according to P. V. Rich and D. J. Bohaska 1981

See also Carroll 1988 and Olson 1985

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ogygoptynx wetmorei

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Ecology: volant carnivore

Age range: 61.7 to 56.8 Ma

Distribution: found only at Mason Pocket (Paleocene of Colorado)