Aquila chrysaetos simurgh

Aquila chrysaetos simurgh
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aquila
Species:
Subspecies:
A. c. simurgh
Trinomial name
Aquila chrysaetos simurgh
Weesie, 1988
Synonyms

Aquila simurgh

Aquila chrysaetos simurgh is an extinct subspecies of the widespread golden eagle. Fossils are found in Crete; it was sometimes evaluated as a full species.[1]

Ecology[edit]

It lived during the Pleistocene in Crete with Mammuthus creticus, the smallest mammoth known.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-11-08.