†Pandion lovensis Becker 1985 (osprey)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Aves - Accipitriformes - Pandionidae
Full reference: J. J. Becker. 1985. Pandion lovensis, a new species of osprey from the late Miocene of Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(2):314-320
Belongs to Pandion according to J. J. Becker 1985
Sister taxa: Pandion haliaetus, Pandion homalopteron
Type specimen: UF 25950, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Love Bone Bed, which is in a Clarendonian marginal marine horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Love Bone Bed
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.