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Aquila (eagle)

Osteichthyes - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Aquila Linnaeus
1891Aquila Shufeldt p. 819
1902Aquila Hay p. 536
1908Aquila Gaillard p. 27
1930Aquila Hay p. 318
1932Aquila Howard
1933Aquila Lambrecht p. 408
1940Aquila Wetmore p. 38
1956Aquila Wetmore p. 47
1963Aquila de Villalta p. 264
1971Aquila Martin p. 250
1990Aquila Bickart p. 40
2002Aquila Mlikovsky p. 193
2013Aquila Meijer et al. p. 881
2017Aquila Clements et al.
2020Aquila Worthy and Nguyen p. 95
2025Aquila Eshelman et al. p. 83

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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
genusAquila

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. Aquila Linnaeus 1758 [eagle]
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†Aquila bivia Emslie and Czaplewski 1999 [golden eagle]
†Aquila bullockensis Gaff and Boles 2010
Aquila chrysaetos Linnaeus 1758 [golden eagle]
†Aquila corroyi Gaillard 1939
†Aquila dananus Marsh 1871
†Aquila delphinensis Gaillard 1939
Aquila fasciata Vieillot 1822 [Bonelli's eagle]
†Aquila pennatoides Gaillard 1939
†Aquila pliogryps Shufeldt 1891
Aquila rapax Temminck 1828
†Aquila sodalis Shufeldt 1891
†Aquilavus hypogaea Milne-Edwards 1891
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: Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) Aquila sp. (43400)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Aquila sp. (180192)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Aquila sp. (75796)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Idaho) Aquila sp. (218111)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ukraine (Odessa) Aquila sp. (76502)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Aquila indet. (51478)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Aquila bivia (19659)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Aquila chrysaetos (35369)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Aquila bivia (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Aquila sp. (194929)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Hieraaetus fasciatus (125089)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt Aquila chrysaetos (21890)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Aquila chrysaetos (22531)
MN 172.245 - 1.8France (Rhone-Alpes) Aquila sp. (47150)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Spain (Palencia) Aquila cf. heliaca/adalberti (205225) Aquila cf. heliaca/adalberti, Aquila sp. (213667 221567) Aquila sp. (221564 221565 221570)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Aquila sp. (20400)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Aquila chrysaetos (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Aquila chrysaetos (152653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Corse) Aquila chrysaetos (69062)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Aquila chrysaetus (191730)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Aquila chrysaetos (152008 161536 192630)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Aquila chrysaetos (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aquila chrysaetos (20273 44954 79630 190077 192611 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) Aquila sp. (51552 51553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jordan Aquila sp., Aquila chrysaetos (197945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Aquila chrysaetos (194932 197773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Aquila chrysaetos (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117France (Corse) Aquila chrysaetos (215363)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Aquila chrysaetos (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Aquila chrysaetos, Hypomorphnus sodalis, Spizaetus pliogryps (93251) Aquila pliogryps, Aquila sodalis (176222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Aquila sp., Aquila chrysaetos (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Aquila chrysaetos (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Aquila sp. (193375)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Aquila chrysaetos (192949 192951 192954 192959 192962)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Aquila chrysaetus (194811)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Aquila chrysaetos (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Aquila chrysaetos (192627)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Aquila chrysaetos (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Aquila chrysaetos (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Madagascar Aquila sp. A, Aquila sp. B (95824)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) Aquila borrasi (195083)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Mayabeque) Aquila borrasi (153777)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Aquila sp. (193381)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Illinois) Aquila chrysaetos (195052)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Aquila chrysaetos (215378)