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A large eagle (Aves, Accipitridae) from the early Miocene of Panama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2016

David. W. Steadman  and
Bruce J. MacFadden
David. W. Steadman
Affiliation:
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA 〈dws@flmnh.ufl.edu〉 〈bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu〉
Bruce J. MacFadden
Affiliation:
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA 〈dws@flmnh.ufl.edu〉 〈bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu〉
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Abstract

We report the first Tertiary bird fossil from Central America, an ungual phalanx from a large, unknown genus and species of Accipitridae from the early Miocene Centenario Fauna, Panama. This specimen provides another example of a Neogene bird from North and Central America with its possible closest living relatives occurring today in Africa. In contrast, there is no evidence of African affinities among the reptile or mammal fossils from the Centenario Fauna.

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Taxonomic Note
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 90 , Issue 5 , September 2016 , pp. 1012 - 1015
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Copyright © 2016, The Paleontological Society 

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