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Aquila (eagle)
Taxonomy
Aquila was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Falco chrysaetos.
It was assigned to Falconiformes by Linnaeus (1758); to Accipitres by Shufeldt (1891); to Falconidae by Hay (1902) and Gaillard (1908); to Falcones by de Villalta (1963); to Aquilinae by Martin (1971); to Buteoninae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Bickart (1990); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Falconiformes by Linnaeus (1758); to Accipitres by Shufeldt (1891); to Falconidae by Hay (1902) and Gaillard (1908); to Falcones by de Villalta (1963); to Aquilinae by Martin (1971); to Buteoninae by Hay (1930), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Bickart (1990); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Mlikovsky (2002), Meijer et al. (2013), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1758 | Aquila Linnaeus |
1891 | Aquila Shufeldt p. 819 |
1902 | Aquila Hay p. 536 |
1908 | Aquila Gaillard p. 27 |
1930 | Aquila Hay p. 318 |
1933 | Aquila Lambrecht p. 408 |
1940 | Aquila Wetmore p. 38 |
1956 | Aquila Wetmore p. 47 |
1963 | Aquila de Villalta p. 264 |
1971 | Aquila Martin p. 250 |
1990 | Aquila Bickart p. 40 |
2002 | Aquila Mlikovsky p. 193 |
2013 | Aquila Meijer et al. p. 881 |
2017 | Aquila Clements et al. |
2020 | Aquila Worthy and Nguyen p. 95 |
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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. Aquila Linnaeus 1758 [eagle]
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†Aquila bivia Emslie and Czaplewski 1999 [golden eagle]
†Aquila bullockensis Gaff and Boles 2010
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 [golden eagle]
†Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Weesie 1988
†Aquila corroyi Gaillard 1939
†Aquila dananus Marsh 1871
†Aquila delphinensis Gaillard 1939
Aquila fasciata Vieillot 1822 [Bonelli's eagle]
†Aquila lydekkeri Shufeldt 1913
†Aquila pennatoides Gaillard 1939
†Aquila pliogryps Shufeldt 1891
Aquila rapax Temminck 1828
†Aquila sodalis Shufeldt 1891
†Aquilavus hypogaea Milne-Edwards 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma
Collections (62 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | Aquila sp. (43400) | |
Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | Aquila sp. (180192) | |
Tortonian | Ukraine (Odessa) | Aquila sp. (75796) | |
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian | USA (Idaho) | Aquila sp. (218111) | |
Pliocene | Ukraine (Odessa) | Aquila sp. (76502) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Aquila indet. (51478) | |
Blancan | USA (Arizona) | Aquila bivia (19659) | |
Villanyian | Hungary (Barany) | Aquila chrysaetos (35369) | |
Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Aquila bivia (20384) | |
MN 17 | France (Rhone-Alpes) | Aquila sp. (47150) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Aquila sp. (194929) | |
Pleistocene | Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) | Aquila chrysaetos (22531) | |
Pleistocene | Egypt | Aquila chrysaetos (21890) | |
Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Hieraaetus fasciatus (125089) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Palencia) | Aquila cf. heliaca/adalberti (205225) Aquila cf. heliaca/adalberti, Aquila sp. (213667 221567) Aquila sp. (221564 221565 221570) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Aquila chrysaetos (20302) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Aquila chrysaetos (152653) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Aquila sp. (20400) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Aquila chrysaetos (69062) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Aquila chrysaetus (191730) | |
Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Aquila chrysaetos (20495) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Aquila sp. (51552 51553) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Oregon) | Aquila chrysaetos, Hypomorphnus sodalis, Spizaetus pliogryps (93251) Aquila pliogryps, Aquila sodalis (176222) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Aquila sp., Aquila chrysaetos (197768) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Aquila chrysaetus (194811) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Texas) | Aquila chrysaetos (93103) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | France (Corse) | Aquila chrysaetos (215363) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Aquila chrysaetos (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Aquila chrysaetos (76059 76060) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Mexico) | Aquila chrysaetos (192627) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Aquila chrysaetos (192949 192951 192954 192959 192962) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Aquila chrysaetos (71670) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Aquila chrysaetos (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Aquila chrysaetos (194932 197773) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | Aquila sp. (193375) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Aquila chrysaetos (20273 44954 79630 190077 192611 218989) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jordan | Aquila sp., Aquila chrysaetos (197945) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Mayabeque) | Aquila borrasi (153777) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Artemisa) | Aquila borrasi (195083) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Aquila sp. A, Aquila sp. B (95824) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Utah) | Aquila chrysaetos (93326) | |
Holocene | USA (Illinois) | Aquila chrysaetos (195052) | |
Holocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | Aquila sp. (193381) | |
Holocene | France (Corse) | Aquila chrysaetos (215378) |