†Apatosagittarius terrenus Feduccia and Voorhies 1989 (hawk)
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Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Full reference: A. Feduccia and M. R. Voorhies. 1989. Miocene hawk converges on Secretarybird. Ibis 131(3):349-354
Belongs to Apatosagittarius according to A. Feduccia and M. R. Voorhies 1989
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UNSM 96754, a partial skeleton (right tarsometatarsus with articulated phalanges). Its type locality is Poison Ivy Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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