Palaeohierax

Palaeohierax
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Palaeohierax
Milne-Edwards, 1863[1]
Species

Palaeohierax gervaisii[2]

Palaeohierax is an extinct genus of Accipitridae birds from the late Oligocene.

References

  1. Mayr, Gerald (21 April 2009). Paleogene Fossil Birds. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 159.
  2. Feduccia, Alan (1999). The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Yale University Press. p. 296.


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