Protostrix leptosteus Marsh 1871 (owl)

Aves - Strigiformes - Protostrigidae

Alternative combinations: Bubo leposteus, Bubo leptosteus

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals and birds from the Tertiary formation of the West. American Journal of Science 2(8):120-127

Belongs to Protostrix according to P. V. Rich 1982

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Marsh 1871, Shufeldt 1915, Wetmore 1937, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Protostrix californiensis, Protostrix saurodosis

Type specimen: Yale University Peabody Museum no512, a limb element (distal end of a left tibia).

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Grizzly Buttes (Eocene of Wyoming)

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