Ogygoptynx is an extinct genus of owl from the Paleocene.[1] Dated to the Late Paleocene, this is the earliest known owl fossil, with a single species assigned to the taxon: Ogygoptynx wetmorei.[2]

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Ogygoptynx
Temporal range: Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Genus: Ogygoptynx
Rich and Bohaska, 1976
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