Buteo sanya is an extinct species of Buteo that went extinct in the Late Pleistocene epoch.[2] Fossils for this species have been found in the Luobidang Cave site in Hainan, China.[1]
Buteo sanya Temporal range: Late Pleistocene[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Genus: | Buteo |
Species: | †B. sanya
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Binomial name | |
†Buteo sanya Hou, 1998
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References
edit- ^ a b Hou, L.-H. 1998. Aves; pp. 40-47. In: Hao S. & Wanbo, H.: Luobidang Cave Site. South Press.
- ^ Tyrberg, Tommy (2008). "The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence" (PDF). Oryctos. 7: 261. Retrieved 23 February 2017.