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Apatosagittarius
Apatosagittarius is an extinct monotypic genus of Accipitridae from the Late Miocene of Nebraska. Only one species has been described, Apatosagittarius terrenus. The genus name, which Feduccia and Voorhies translate as "false secretarybird,"[1][2][3] refers to the bird's superficial resemblance to the living secretary bird.
| Apatosagittarius Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | †Apatosagittarius Feduccia & Voorhies, 1989 |
| Species: | †A. terrenus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Apatosagittarius terrenus Feduccia & Voorhies, 1989 | |
References
- ^ "Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) Fact Sheet: Taxonomy & History". San Diego zoo global library.
- ^ FEDUCCIA, ALAN, and MICHAEL R. VOORHIES. "Miocene hawk converges on secretarybird." Ibis 131.3 (1989): 349-354.Abstract
- ^ Tucker, S. T., et al. "The geology and paleontology of Ashfall Fossil Beds, a late Miocene (Clarendonian) mass-death assemblage, Antelope County and adjacent Knox County, Nebraska, USA." GSA Field Guides 36 (2014): 1-22.