PaleoDB taxon number: 371637

Alternative combinations: Athene murivora, Carine murivora, Strix (Athene) murivora

Full reference: A. Milne-Edwards. 1874. Recherches sur la faune ancienne des Iles Mascareignes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Cinquième Série, Zoologie et Paléontologie 19(3):1-31

Belongs to Mascarenotus according to C. Mourer-Chauviré et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Mascarenotus grucheti, Mascarenotus sauzieri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Plaine Corail, Rodrigues (Jenner collection), which is in a Holocene cave siltstone in Mauritius