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Alasio

Alasio is an extinct genus of typical owls known from material dated to the Middle Miocene of Vieux-Collonges, France. The holotype, a coracoid, was originally assigned to genus Strix under the protonym Strix collongensis. The modified head of the coracoid, among several anatomical characteristics, led Mlíkovský to designate Alasio as a new genus in tribe Asionini. The generic name derives from Latin alacer ("pugnacious") and asio ("owl").

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Subfamily: Striginae
Tribe: Asionini
Genus: †Alasio
Mlíkovský, 1998
Type species
†Strix collongensis
Ballman, 1972

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

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  1. Mlíkovský, Jiří (2002). Cenozoic Birds of the World, Part 1: Europe (PDF). Prague: Ninox Press. p. 214.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.