Alasio is an extinct genus of typical owls known from material dated to the Middle Miocene of Vieux-Collonges, France.[1] The holotype, a coracoid, was originally assigned to genus Strix under the protonym Strix collongensis.[2] The modified head of the coracoid, among several anatomical characteristics, led Mlíkovský to designate Alasio as a new genus in tribe Asionini.[3] The generic name derives from Latin alacer (“pugnacious”) and asio (“owl”).[3]
References
- ^ Mlíkovský, Jiří (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe (PDF). Prague: Ninox Press. p. 214.
- ^ Ballman, P. (1972). “Couverture fascicule Les oiseaux miocènes de Vieux-Collonges (Rhône)”. Travaux et Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon. 50: 93–102 – via Persée.
- ^ a b Mlíkovský, Jiří (1998). “Two new owls (Aves: Strigidae) from the early Miocene of the Czech Republic, with comments on the fossil history of the subfamily Striginae” (PDF). Buteo. 10: 5–22.