Buteogallus milleri
Appearance
Buteogallus milleri Temporal range: Quaternary
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Buteogallus |
Species: | †B. milleri
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Binomial name | |
†Buteogallus milleri (Howard, 1932)
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Synonyms | |
Urubitinga milleri (Howard, 1932) |
Buteogallus milleri is an extinct species of buteonine hawk. The only remains discovered—a fragmentary coracoid (the holotype) and the distal half of a humerus—are from Hawver Cave in El Dorado County, California. B. milleri was larger than Buteogallus fragilis or Geranoaetus melanoleucus (the black-chested buzzard-eagle), and close in size to the Cuban species Buteogallus borrasi. However, there is not yet enough material to fully assess the similarities between B. milleri and B. borrasi.[1][2] B. milleri is named after paleontologist Loye Miller.[1]
References
- ^ a b Howard, Hildegarde; Howard, Hildegarde (1932). Eagles and eagle-like vultures of the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. p. 25.
- ^ Olson, Storrs L.; Suárez, William (2007-04-20). "The Cuban fossil eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo: A scaled-up version of the Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga (Gmelin)" (PDF). Journal of Raptor Research. 41 (4). Raptor Research Foundation. doi:10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:TCFEAB]2.0.CO;2.