Aquila pliogryps Shufeldt 1891 (eagle)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Alternative combination: Spizaetus pliogryps

Full reference: R. W. Shufeldt. 1891. Fossil birds from the Equus Beds of Oregon. American Naturalist 25:818-821

Belongs to Aquila according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Shufeldt 1891, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aquila bivia, Aquila bullockensis, Aquila chrysaetos, Aquila corroyi, Aquila dananus, Aquila delphinensis, Aquila fasciata, Aquila lydekkeri, Aquila pennatoides, Aquila rapax, Aquila sodalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Silver Lake, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Oregon

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Oregon collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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