Tyto gigantea

Tyto gigantea

Taxobox
name = "Tyto gigantea"
fossil_range = Late Miocene


image_caption = "Tyto gigantea"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Tytonidae
genus = "Tyto"
species = "T. gigantea"
binomial = "Tyto gigantea"

"Tyto gigantea" is an extinct barn owl from what is now Gargano, Italy, dating back to the late Miocene. From its remains, "T. gigantea" is suggested to have been as large as, or larger than the Eurasian Eagle-owl, "Bubo bubo".

It lived sympatrically with its relative, "Tyto robusta", and may have preyed on the giant, cat-sized erinaceomorph, "Deinogalerix".


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