†Spizaetus tanneri Martin 1971 (hawk-eagle)
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Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Full reference: L. D. Martin. 1971. An Early Pleistocene Eagle from Nebraska. Condor 73(2):248-250
Belongs to Spizaetus according to L. D. Martin 1971
Sister taxa: Spizaetus grinnelli, Spizaetus ornatus, Spizaetus willetti
Type specimen: U.N.S.M. 20038, a limb element (distal end and most of the shaft of the left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Lisco Locality B, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Nebraska.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lisco Locality B
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