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Titanohierax
Topic: Biology
From Handwiki - Reading time: 1 minShort description: Extinct genus of birds
| Titanohierax Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | †Titanohierax Wetmore, 1937 |
| Species: | †T. gloveralleni
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| Binomial name | |
| †Titanohierax gloveralleni Wetmore, 1937
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Titanohierax gloveralleni is an extinct hawk species known from fossils found in Cuba, Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and The Bahamas.
Description
Titanohierax was a very large hawk, with a measured fore-claw length of 57 mm (2.2 in) and an estimated weight of around 7.3 kg (16 lb), making roughly equal in size to the females of the largest living eagles. This species was most likely an apex predator in the Antilles.[1]
Taxonomy
The extinct crab-hawk Buteogallus borrasi was formerly placed in Titanohierax genus with T. gloveralleni. T. gloveralleni's closest living relatives are the modern, still-extant species of crab-hawks in Buteogallus.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Darren Naish (January 27, 2008). "Titan-hawks and other super-raptors". Science Blogs. http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2008/01/28/titan-hawks-super-raptors/. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
External links
- Suarez, William (2004). "The Identity of the Fossil Raptor of the Genus Amplibuteo (Aves: Accipitridae) from the Quaternary of Cuba". Caribbean Journal of Science 40 (1): 120–125. https://silo.tips/download/the-identity-of-the-fossil-raptor-of-the-genus-amplibuteo-aves-accipitridae-from.
Wikidata ☰ Q619301 entry
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