Apatosagittarius terrenus Feduccia and Voorhies 1989 (hawk)

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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