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Harpagornis

Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Harpagornis was named by Haast (1872).

It was assigned to Accipitres by Zittel (1890); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Worthy (1997), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003).

Species
H. moorei
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. elephantopus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Harpagornis Haast
1890Harpagornis Zittel p. 843
1933Harpagornis Lambrecht p. 410
1997Harpagornis Worthy p. 103
2003Harpagornis Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 449

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusHarpagornisHaast 1872

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. †Harpagornis Haast 1872
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†Harpagornis moorei Haast 1872 [Haast's eagle]
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: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Zealand (South Island) H. moorei (87814)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) H. elephantopus (87804)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) H. moorei (215392 215412)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand H. moorei (100554 194618 194619 215577)