Morphnus Dumont 1816 (crested eagle)
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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
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Brea Tar Pits (general) (Quaternary of California)
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