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 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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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