Garganoaetus

Garganoaetus; Temporal range: Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	G. freudenthali feeding on Mikrotia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	†Garganoaetus; Ballmann, 1973
Species
	†Garganoaetus freudenthali[1]; †Garganoaetus murivorus[2]

Garganoaetus is an extinct genus of buteonin accipitrid bird of prey from the early Pliocene in Italy.[3]

References

Meijer, Hanneke (25 January 2017). "Sun, sea and dwarf hippos: the Mediterranean is a surprising palaeontological paradise". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
Naish, Darren (28 January 2008). "Titan-hawks and other super-raptors". ScienceBlogs. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
Acta zoologica cracoviensia. Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences. 1997. p. 307.

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