Family Strigidae Vigors 1825 (true owl)
PaleoDB taxon number: 39403
Parent taxon: Strigiformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Bubonidae, Heterostrigidae, Ogygoptyngidae, Protostrigidae, Selenornithinae, Sophiornithidae, Tytonidae
Subtaxa: Aegolius, Asio, Athene, Bubo, Ciccaba, Cryptoglaux, Glaucidium, Grallistrix, Ieraglaucinae, Ketupa, Margarobyas, Mascarenotus, Megascops, Micrathene, Necrobyas, Ninox, Oraristrix, Ornimegalonyx, Otus, Sceloglaux, Speotyto, Striginae, Strigogyps, Strix, Surnia, Surniinae
Ecology: volant carnivore-insectivore