Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae
Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71
Parent taxon: Falconidae according to K. Lambrecht 1933
See also Moreno and Mercerat 1891 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Asthenopterus, Asturaetus, Badiostes, Badrostes, Baza, Caracara, Caracarinae, Falconidarum, Falconinae, Herpetotheres, Herpetotherinae, Lagopterus, Micrastur, Milvago, Phalcoboenus, Polyborinae, Taphetus, Thegornis
Subtaxa: Foetopterus ambiguus
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Monte Hermoso (Pliocene of Argentina)
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