Order Strigiformes Wagler 1830 (owl)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39397
Parent taxon: Falconimorphae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
Sister taxon: Falconiformes
Subtaxa: Bubonidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Protostrigidae, Selenornithinae, Sophiornithidae, Strigidae, Tytonidae
Ecology: volant carnivore