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Accipitridae

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Description

Accipitridae, aff. Accipiter cooperi

Material. USNM PAL 641996, pedal phalanx, entire, with the articular cotyla slightly crushed; collected in the 1990s.

USNM PAL 641983, ungual phalanx, entire; collected Sept 22, 1994.

Description. Neither bone is diagnosable at the species level but both compare well with A. cooperi in size and shape.

Remarks. See above.

Notes

Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013

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Biodiversity

Collection code
USNM
Material sample ID
PAL 641983
Event date
1994-09-22
Verbatim event date
1994-09-22
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Accipitriformes
Family
Accipitridae
Taxon rank
family