Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Full reference: S. D. Emslie and N. J. Czaplewski. 1999. Two new fossil eagles from the late Pliocene (late Blancan) of Florida and Arizona and their biogeographic implications. Avian Paleontology at the Close of the 20th Century: Proceedings of the 4th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Washington, D.C, 4-7 June 1996. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89:185-198
Belongs to Amplibuteo according to S. D. Emslie and N. J. Czaplewski 1999
Sister taxa: Amplibuteo hibbardi, Amplibuteo woodwardi
Type specimen: UF 159426, a limb element (right carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Haile 7C, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Florida.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Blancan of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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