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Haliaeetus

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Haliaeetus Savigny
1930Haliaeetus Hay p. 319
1933Haliaeetus Lambrecht p. 406
1940Haliaeetus Wetmore p. 39
1956Haliaeetus Wetmore p. 47
1967Haliaeetus Wilson p. 206
1982Haliaeetus Olson and James p. 35
1987Haliaeetus Rasmussen et al. p. 4
1991Haliaeetus Olson and James p. 62
1992Haliaeetus Guthrie p. 322
1992Haliaeetus Parmalee p. 310
2002Haliaeetus Mlikovsky p. 189
2017Haliaeetus Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusHaliaeetusSavigny 1809

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Haliaeetus Savigny 1809
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Haliaeetus albicilla Linnaeus 1758 [white-tailed eagle]
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Invalid names: Haliaeetus angustipes Jánossy 1983 [synonym]
Haliaeetus leucocephalus Linnaeus 1766 [bald eagle]
Haliaeetus leucogaster Gmelin 1788 [white-bellied sea-eagle]
Haliaeetus pelagicus Pallas 1811 [Steller's sea-eagle]
†Haliaeetus piscator Milne-Edwards 1869
Haliaeetus vocifer Daudin 1800 [African fish-eagle]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:32:13
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:32:13
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) H. piscator (32191)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) H. leucocephalus (176094 176095)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) H. leucocephalus (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Wales) H. albicilla (124958)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) H. albicilla (205225 213667 221564 221565 221566 221567 221569 221570)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Aomori) H. sp. (101897)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) H. leucocephalus (195049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) H. leucocephalus (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy H. albicilla (197786)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco H. albicilla (191730)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) H. leucocephalus (176091)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) H. sp. (20624)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) H. leucocephalus (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) H. leucocephalus (20638 74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) H. sp. (110072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) H. leucocephalus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom H. albicilla (93837 124956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) H. leucocephalus (20273 44954 120827 120829 125236 125237 176102 190077 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) H. albicilla (192949 192957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) H. leucocephalus (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) H. leucocephalus (20636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117East Timor H. leucogaster (204406 204407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania H. albicilla (197946 197947 197948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) H. pelagicus (101898) H. sp. (195045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Azerbaijan H. albicilla (193356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan H. pelagicus (193440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) H. lecocephalus (200325)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) H. leucocephalus (84181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa H. vocifer (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) H. leucocephalus (154771)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) H. leucocephalus (194906 194912 194914 194925 194928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) H. leucocephalus (224189)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) H. leucocephalus (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) H. leucocephalus (195052)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Russian Federation H. sp. (171637)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Estonia H. albicilla (195026)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Finland H. albicilla (177177)