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A bubo (Greek βουβών, boubôn, "groin") is adenitis or inflammation of the lymph nodes and is an example of reactive lymphadenopathy.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubo, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5959091	https://www.gbif.org/species/5959091
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	58496	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58496

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Strigiformes : Strigidae : Bubo

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
subclass	Eureptilia
-	Romeriida	Gauthier et al. 1988
-	Diapsida
-	Eosuchia
-	Neodiapsida	Benton 1985
-	Sauria	Gauthier 1984
-	Archosauromorpha
-	Crocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
-	Eucrocopoda	Ezcurra 2016
-	Archosauria
informal	Avemetatarsalia	Benton 1999
-	Ornithodira	Gauthier 1986
-	Dinosauromorpha	Benton 1985
-	Dinosauriformes	Novas 1992
-	Dinosauria
-	Saurischia
-	Theropoda
-	Neotheropoda	Bakker 1986
-	Averostra	Paul 2002
-	Tetanurae	Gauthier 1986
order	Avetheropoda	Paul 1988
suborder	Coelurosauria	Huene 1914
-	Maniraptora	Gauthier 1986
-	Paraves	Sereno 1997
class	Aves	Linnaeus 1758
-	Pygostylia	Chiappe 2002
-	Ornithothoraces	Chiappe and Calvo 1994
-	Ornithuromorpha	Chiappe et al. 1999
subclass	Ornithurae	Haeckel 1866
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
-	Neognathae
-	Neoaves	Sibley et al. 1988
-	Terrestrornithes	Livezey and Zusi 2007
-	Dendrornithes
-	Raptores	Baird 1858
superorder	Falconimorphae
order	Strigiformes	Wagler 1830
family	Strigidae	Vigors 1825
genus	Bubo	Duméril 1806

Common Name

eagle-owl

Scientific Name

Bubo Duméril, 1806

Name Published In

Duméril, André M. C. 1806. Zoologie analytique, ou méthode naturelle de classification des animaux. , Paris.: i-xxxiii, 1-344.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bubo	genus	belongs to Striges	stated without evidence	Shufeldt, 1891
Bubo	genus	belongs to Strigidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Bubo	genus	belongs to Strigidae	stated with evidence	Gaillard, 1908
Bubo	genus	belongs to Bubonidae	stated with evidence	Lambrecht, 1933
Bubo	genus	belongs to Strigidae	stated without evidence	Schultz and Howard, 1935
Bubo	genus	belongs to Strigidae	stated with evidence	Clements et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

7 (54%)

First Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Strigidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Theropoda)

Vision

well-developed (based on Strigiformes)

Diet

carnivore, insectivore (based on Strigidae)

Reproduction

oviparous, brooding (based on Strigiformes)

Ontogeny

accretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. S. Umanskaya. 1979. Novii Vid Pugacha (Bubo Longaevus) z Piznioneogenovikh Vikladiv Pivnichnogo Prichornomoria URSR.

Common Name(s)

Horned Owls, Eagle-owl

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubo

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bubo africanus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Spotted Eagle-owl	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bubo arvernensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Bubo ascalaphus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo blakistoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo bubo species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Eurasian Eagle-owl	9	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bubo caligatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo capensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo cavearius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo cinerascens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo coromandus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo incertus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Bubo insularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Bubo lacteus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Verreaux's Eagle-owl	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bubo leguati ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Bubo leucostictus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo mackinderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo magellanicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo nipalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo pallidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo philippensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo poensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo poirrieri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Bubo scandiacus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Snowy Owl	5	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bubo shelleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo sinclairi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Owl	3	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Bubo sumatranus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Barred Eagle-owl	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bubo virginianus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Great Horned Owl	22	1.81 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Bubo vosseleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bubo vossleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bubotus Rafinesque, 1815	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Strigiformes : Strigidae : *Bubotus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1806	Bubo Dumeril
1826	Nyctea Stephens
1891	Bubo Shufeldt p. 819
1902	Bubo Hay p. 536
1908	Bubo Gaillard p. 34
1933	Bubo Lambrecht p. 615
1935	Bubo Schultz and Howard p. 277
1979	Bubo Umanskaya p. 777
2017	Bubo Clements et al.

References

Umanskaya A. S. (1979) Novii Vid Pugacha (Bubo Longaevus) z Piznioneogenovikh Vikladiv Pivnichnogo Prichornomoria URSR, 776-780

Shufeldt R. W. Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon, American Naturalist 25, 818-821

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Gaillard C. (1908) Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites], Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23, 1-178

Lambrecht K. (1933) Handbuch der Palaeornithologie, 1-1024

Schultz C. B., Howard E. B. (1935) The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87, 273-298

Clements J. F., Schulenberg T. S., et al (2017) , The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Zool. Anal. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Banks, Richard C., C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, Jr., et al., 2003: Forty-fourth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk, vol. 120, no. 3. 923-931. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SOF (2007) Holarktis Fåglar, version 2. SOF:s Taxonomikommittés officiella lista över Holarktis fåglar - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 122 Bubo Dumeril, 1806 and Surnia Dumeril, 1806 (Aves): Official List entries completed.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45(1), 87-88 (1988) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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