Titanohierax
Titanohierax gloveralleni was an extinct hawk species known from fossils found in Cuba, Hispaniola (today the Dominican Republic and Haiti), and the Bahamas.
| Titanohierax Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | †Titanohierax Wetmore, 1937 |
| Species: | †T. gloveralleni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Titanohierax gloveralleni Wetmore, 1937 | |
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 raptor was most likely an apex predator.
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
- Suarez, William (2004). "The Identity of the Fossil Raptor of the Genus Amplibuteo (Aves: Accipitridae) from the Quaternary of Cuba" (PDF). Caribbean Journal of Science. 40 (1): 120–125.
- Darren Naish. "Titan-hawks and other super-raptors". Science Blogs. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
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