Ogygoptynx
| Ogygoptynx Temporal range: Late Paleocene
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | †Ogygoptyngidae Rich & Bohaska, 1976 |
| Genus: | †Ogygoptynx Rich & Bohaska, 1976 |
| Species: | †O. wetmorei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ogygoptynx wetmorei Rich & Bohaska, 1976
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Ogygoptynx is an extinct monotypic genus of owls from the Paleocene of North America. Its only species is Ogygoptynx wetmorei and it is the only genus in the family Ogygoptyngidae. It is the earliest known owl fossil in the world.