Morphnus Dumont 1816 (crested eagle)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Parent taxon: Buteoninae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Campbell 1979, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Bermuteo, Hypomorphnus, Miraquila, Urubitinga

Subtaxa: Morphnus woodwardi

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Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Brea Tar Pits (general) (Quaternary of California)

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