Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Alternative combinations: Geranoaetus fragilis, Hypomorphnus fragilis, Urubitinga fragilis
Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1911. A series of eagle tarsi from the Pleistocene of Rancho la Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(12):305-316
Belongs to Buteogallus according to H. Howard 1969
See also Hay 1930, Howard 1932, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1911, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Buteogallus (Wetmoregyps), Buteogallus aequinoctialis, Buteogallus meridionalis, Buteogallus milleri, Buteogallus royi, Buteogallus urubitinga
Type specimen: UCMP 12757, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus)
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (6: California, Florida)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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