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PAL 641984,
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: shaft and proximal end, collected in 1991 (
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: distal articular end only, collected
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, l femur: proximal 2/3, collected
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, l tarsometatarsus lacking proximal end. Not reexamined for this study
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, pedal phalanx: entire, collected
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, ungual phalanx: entire, collected
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The bones of a strigid owl listed above are referred to
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, larger than
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFDFAF8A07C41F8A5" box="[594,774,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Megascops asio</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFC92F8A07C92F8A5" box="[826,981,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">M. kennicottii</emphasis>
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) and agreement in morphological details with modern
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFE87F8CC7EEAF899" box="[303,429,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Megascops</emphasis>
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. The proximal half of the ulna agrees with those of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFBA9F8CC7B38F899" box="[1025,1151,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Megascops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFB26F8CF7B9BF899" box="[1166,1244,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Athene</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFAB4F8CF7A39F899" box="[1308,1406,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Aegolius</emphasis>
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in being more curved than in
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFE15F8E87EA8F872" box="[445,495,1918,1944]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Asio</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFE54F8E87D76F872" box="[508,561,1918,1944]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Strix</emphasis>
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, or
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFDF2F8E87DE2F872" box="[602,677,1918,1944]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Surnia</emphasis>
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. The proximal articular surfaces of the femur are broader in relationship to depth than in
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFE2FF8377E92F851" box="[391,469,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Athene</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFE53F8377D1AF851" box="[507,605,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Aegolius</emphasis>
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, agreeing in this trait with
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFC38F8347B49F851" box="[912,1038,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Megascops</emphasis>
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and larger owls. No complete long bones of the species are known, and the larger size of the fossil species compared with other
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFDFFEDFB03F8507A6EF835" box="[1195,1321,1990,2015]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="121">Megascops</emphasis>
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is evident mainly from the thicker shafts of the ulna and femur. The tarsometatarsus, described and figured by
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:
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), is referable to
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFD64FF287C0DFF3D" box="[716,842,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Megascops</emphasis>
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based on size and narrow, slender form, though proportionately stouter and shorter than in
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFDFEFF777C6AFF11" box="[598,813,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Athene cunicularia</emphasis>
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. The tarsometatarsus is not as stout as in
<taxonomicName id="4C1F00F2FFFCFFECFAADFF777EC3FEF5" authority="Ford &amp; Murray 1967" authorityName="Ford &amp; Murray" authorityYear="1967" class="Aves" family="Strigidae" genus="Asio" kingdom="Animalia" order="Strigiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="122" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevipes">
<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFAADFF777ADBFF11" box="[1285,1436,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Asio brevipes</emphasis>
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from the Upper Pliocene of
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nor as slender as in
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFC43FE937B96FEF5" box="[1003,1233,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Athene megalospeza</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8E0680FFFCFFECFB77FE937A11FECA" author="Ford, N. L." box="[1247,1366,261,288]" pageId="11" pageNumber="122" pagination="472 - 475" refId="ref13120" refString="Ford, N. L. (1966) Fossil owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. The Condor, 68, 472 - 475. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1365319" type="journal article" year="1966">Ford 1966</bibRefCitation>
)
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from the Upper Pliocene of
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and
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA07B71FFFCFFECFF6FFED87BA6FE61" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,576]" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFF6FFED87E2EFE8D" box="[199,361,334,359]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Measurements</emphasis>
. USNM PAL 641984 (ulna), greatest width distal to cotylae,
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. USNM PAL 769089 (femur), proximal lateromedial width from head through trochanter, 7.0 mm; width of head,
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.
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<subSubSection id="C30528FAFFFCFFECFF6FFE037EC1FDAA" pageId="11" pageNumber="122" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA07B71FFFCFFECFF6FFE037EC1FDAA" blockId="11.[151,1437,153,576]" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFF6FFE037E7CFE45" bold="true" box="[199,315,405,431]" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Remarks.</emphasis>
The only previously known material of this species is the
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specimen. The new material bolsters the evidence for a large extinct species of
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFDC5FE2C7DACFE39" box="[621,747,442,467]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Megascops</emphasis>
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in the Irvingtonian of
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. It is odd that the species has no other fossil record, but perhaps some of the Pliocene fossils referred to
<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFC66FE4B7B44FE1D" box="[974,1027,477,503]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Otus</emphasis>
(=
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<emphasis id="B96BA763FFFCFFECFB8AFE487BE7FE1D" box="[1058,1184,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="122">Megascops</emphasis>
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) are relevant to it (i.e., two bones from the Hagerman local fauna of
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(
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) and one from the Rexroad Formation of
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8E0680FFFCFFECFF5FFDB37E28FDAA" author="Ford, N. L." box="[247,367,549,576]" pageId="11" pageNumber="122" pagination="472 - 475" refId="ref13120" refString="Ford, N. L. (1966) Fossil owls from the Rexroad Fauna of the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. The Condor, 68, 472 - 475. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1365319" type="journal article" year="1966">Ford 1966</bibRefCitation>
)).
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