| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Authors: | Suárez, W, Olson, SL |
| Journal: | Journal of Raptor Research |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Date Published: | 2007 |
| ISBN Number: | 0892-1016 |
| Keywords: | Accipitridae, Amplibuteo, Amplibuteo woodwardi, Aquila, Aquila borrasi, Buteogallus, Buteogallus borrasi, Buteogallus urubitinga, Cuba, Gigantohierax, Gigantohierax suarezi, Titanohierax, Titanohierax gloveralleni, Urubitinga, Urubitinga urubitinga |
| Abstract: | ABSTRACT The fossil eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo from the Quaternary of Cuba is redescribed and transferred to the genus Buteogallus Lesson, in which it represents a gigantic version (ca. 33% larger) of the morphology present in the living Great Black-Hawk B. urubitinga (Gmelin). Buteogallus borrasi differs from the other large fossil accipitrids recorded in the West Indies, Amplibuteo woodwardi, Gigantohierax suarezi, and Titanohierax gloveralleni, in being smaller, less robust, and with proportionately slender hindlimb elements, especially the tarsometatarsus. Although now known with certainty only from Cuba, B. borrasi may have had a wider distribution in the West Indies and perhaps even mainland North America.ABSTRACT The fossil eagle Aquila borrasi Arredondo from the Quaternary of Cuba is redescribed and transferred to the genus Buteogallus Lesson, in which it represents a gigantic version (ca. 33% larger) of the morphology present in the living Great Black-Hawk B. urubitinga (Gmelin). Buteogallus borrasi differs from the other large fossil accipitrids recorded in the West Indies, Amplibuteo woodwardi, Gigantohierax suarezi, and Titanohierax gloveralleni, in being smaller, less robust, and with proportionately slender hindlimb elements, especially the tarsometatarsus. Although now known with certainty only from Cuba, B. borrasi may have had a wider distribution in the West Indies and perhaps even mainland North America. |
| URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[288:TCFEAB]2.0.CO;2 |
| Short Title: | Journal of Raptor Research |
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