Wikipedia:
Tyto robusta
| Tyto robusta Fossil range: Late Miocene |
||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Tyto robusta
|
||||||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||||||
| Tyto robusta |
Tyto robusta is an extinct barn owl from what is now Gargano, Italy, dating back to the late Miocene. Its remains suggest it was much larger than a typical barn owl, though, not as big as, say, an eagle-owl.
It lived sympatrically with its gigantic relative, Tyto gigantea, and may have preyed on the giant, cat-sized erinaceomorph, Deinogalerix.
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
