ATHENE-ANGELIS, N. SP. (AVES, STRIGIFORMES), A NEW EXTINCT INSULAR ENDEMIC SPECIES FROM THE MIDDLE AND UPPER PLEISTOCENE OF CORSICA (FRANCE)

Authors
MOURERCHAUVIRE C SALOTTI M PEREIRA E QUINIF Y COURTOIS JY DUBOIS JN LAMILZA JC
Citation
C. Mourerchauvire et al., ATHENE-ANGELIS, N. SP. (AVES, STRIGIFORMES), A NEW EXTINCT INSULAR ENDEMIC SPECIES FROM THE MIDDLE AND UPPER PLEISTOCENE OF CORSICA (FRANCE), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 324(8), 1997, pp. 677-684
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
324
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
677 - 684
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1997)324:8<677:ANS(SA>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
An extinct species, Athene angelis, larger than the other recent and e xtinct species of the genus Athene, is described from the Castiglione 3 and 1 localities, in Corsica. In the Middle Pleistocene of Corsica t here is an association of three extinct Strigiformes, a dwarf Eagle Ow l, Bubo insularis, a large Little Owl, Athene angelis, and a giant Bar n Owl, Tyto balearica.