†Buteogallus royi Suárez 2020 (Gavilán de Roy)
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Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Full reference: W. Suárez. 2020. The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba. Zootaxa 4780(1):1-53
Belongs to Buteogallus according to W. Suárez 2020
Sister taxa: Buteogallus (Wetmoregyps), Buteogallus aequinoctialis, Buteogallus fragilis, Buteogallus meridionalis, Buteogallus milleri, Buteogallus urubitinga
Type specimen: MNHNCu 75.4909, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus)
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Buteogallus royi in the database
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