Species profile
Ornimegalonyx ewingi
Ornimegalonyx ewingi
Quick answer
Holotype. — Right femur without anterior surface of head, piece of posterior face of shaft, and internal condyle, USNM 447022 (Arredondo & Olson 1994: figs. 2 A [anterior], 3 *: A [posterior], B [anterior], C [proximal], Suárez 2020 b: fig. 1 C [anterior]). Collector and date unknown (Arredondo & Olson 1994: 438, Suárez 2020 b: 391; see Mayo 1980: 223). Other material. — Humerus: left without proximal end and external part of distal articulation, USNM 447023 (Arredondo & Olson 1994: figs. 3 * D [palmar], 4 B [palmar], Suárez 2020 b: fig. 1 B [palmar]). See Suárez (2020 b: 391). Type locality. — A ‘ mine’ in the vicinity of Baire (SMB), municipality of Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba [formerly Oriente] province, Cuba (Suárez 2020 b; see Arredondo & Olson 1994: 438, and ‘ Notes’). Fig. 9.
- Scientific name
- Ornimegalonyx ewingi
- Family
- Strigidae
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Genus
- Ornimegalonyx
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