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Urubitinga (black hawk)

Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy

Urubitinga was named by Lesson (1839). It is extant. Its type is Falco urubitinga.

It was assigned to Buteoninae by Hay (1930), Howard (1932); and to Accipitridae by Wetmore (1926), Lambrecht (1933).

Species

U. enecta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1839	Urubitinga Lesson
1926	Urubitinga Wetmore p. 1
1930	Urubitinga Hay p. 318
1932	Urubitinga Howard
1933	Urubitinga Lambrecht p. 418

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Saurischia	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
order	Accipitriformes	Vieillot 1816
family	Accipitridae	Viellot 1816
subfamily	Buteoninae	Vigors 1824
genus	Urubitinga	Lesson 1839

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Urubitinga Lesson 1839 [black hawk]

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†Urubitinga enecta Wetmore 1923

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

hydroxyapatiteo

Entire body:

yeso

Adult length:

10 to < 100o

Adult width:

1.0 to < 10o

Adult height:

1.0 to < 10o

Architecture:

compact or denseo

Ontogeny:

accretion, modification of partso

Grouping:

solitaryo

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

volantf

Diet:

carnivoref

Reproduction:

oviparouso

Dispersal:

direct/internalo

Dispersal 2:

mobileo

Created:

2009-01-03 16:32:13

Modified:

2009-01-03 18:32:13

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range: Hemingfordian or 18.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (Nebraska)	Urubitinga enecta (18001)