TY - JOUR
T1 - A new eagle (Aves: Accipitridae) from the Mid Miocene Bullock Creek Fauna of Northern Australia
AU - Gaff, P
AU - Boles, Walter
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A large accipitrine bird of prey is described from the Mid Miocene Camfield Beds, Bullock Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, based on a distal humeral fragment. Comparisons with the larger living Australian eagles show that this bird belongs in Aquila rather than Haliaeetus. It can be differentiated from living species of Aquila by morphology and size, and is here named as a new fossil species. This specimen comprises the oldest record of this genus in Australia, and possibly the oldest in the world.
AB - A large accipitrine bird of prey is described from the Mid Miocene Camfield Beds, Bullock Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, based on a distal humeral fragment. Comparisons with the larger living Australian eagles show that this bird belongs in Aquila rather than Haliaeetus. It can be differentiated from living species of Aquila by morphology and size, and is here named as a new fossil species. This specimen comprises the oldest record of this genus in Australia, and possibly the oldest in the world.
UR - http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/18090/1557_complete.pdf
U2 - 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1557
DO - 10.3853/j.0067-1975.62.2010.1557
M3 - Article
VL - 62
SP - 71
EP - 76
JO - Records of the Australian Museum
JF - Records of the Australian Museum
SN - 0067-1975
IS - 1
ER -