Archaehierax
| Archaehierax Temporal range: Late Oligocene, ~ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | †Archaehieraxinae Mather et al., 2022 |
| Genus: | †Archaehierax Mather et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †A. sylvestris |
| Binomial name | |
| †Archaehierax sylvestris Mather et al., 2022 | |
Archaehierax is an extinct genus of accipitrid that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
Archaehierax sylvestris is known from the Namba Formation of South Australia.[1]
References
- 1 2 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. Bibcode:2022HBio...34.1175M. doi:10.1080/08912963.2021.1966777. eISSN 1029-2381. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 237953134. Retrieved 26 February 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
