Tyto richae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Tytonidae |
Genus: | Tyto |
Species: | †T. richae
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Binomial name | |
†Tyto richae Pavia et. al., 2015
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Tyto richae is an extinct species of Tyto that lived in South Africa during the Early Pliocene, its fossils having been discovered in the Varswater Formation.[1]