†Phalcoboenus napieri Adams and Woods 2016 (raptor)
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Aves - Falconiformes - Falconidae
Full reference: M. P. Adams and R. W. Woods. 2016. Mid-Holocene Falkland Islands bird bones from a peat deposit, including a new species of caracara. Emu 116:370-378
Belongs to Phalcoboenus according to M. P. Adams and R. W. Woods 2016
Sister taxa: Phalcoboenus australis, Phalcoboenus chimango
Type specimen: NHMUK S/2002.52.6, a set of limb elements (left ulna). Its type locality is West Point Island peat bog, which is in a Holocene mire/swamp peat in Falkland Islands (Malvinas).
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at West Point Island peat bog
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