Archaehierax
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Extinct genus of birds
| Archaehierax | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | †Archaehierax |
| Species: | †A. sylvestris
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| Binomial name | |
| †Archaehierax sylvestris Mather et. al., 2022
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Archaehierax is an extinct genus of accipitrid that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit ]Archaehierax sylvestris is known from the Namba Formation of South Australia.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ Mather, Ellen K.; Lee, Michael S. Y.; Camens, Aaron B.; Worthy, Trevor H. (3 July 2022). "An exceptional partial skeleton of a new basal raptor (Aves: Accipitridae) from the late Oligocene Namba formation, South Australia". Historical Biology . 34 (7): 1175–1207. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1966777. ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 26 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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