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

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Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Monte Hermoso (Pliocene of Argentina)

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