Aquila bivia Emslie and Czaplewski 1999 (golden eagle)

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 Aquila according to S. D. Emslie and N. J. Czaplewski 1999

Sister taxa: Aquila bullockensis, Aquila chrysaetos, Aquila corroyi, Aquila dananus, Aquila delphinensis, Aquila fasciata, Aquila lydekkeri, Aquila pennatoides, Aquila pliogryps, Aquila rapax, Aquila sodalis

Type specimen: UF 30015, a limb element (right carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Inglis IA, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Blancan of United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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