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Apatosagittarius Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	†Apatosagittarius Feduccia & Voorhies, 1989
Species:	†A. terrenus
Binomial name
†Apatosagittarius terrenus Feduccia & Voorhies, 1989

Apatosagittarius is an extinct monotypic genus of Accipitridae from the Late Miocene of Nebraska. Only one species has been described, Apatosagittarius terrenus. The genus name, which Feduccia and Voorhies translate as "false secretarybird," refers to the bird's superficial resemblance to the living secretary bird.

References

1. "Secretary Bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) Fact Sheet: Taxonomy & History". San Diego zoo global library.
2. FEDUCCIA, ALAN, and MICHAEL R. VOORHIES. "Miocene hawk converges on secretarybird." Ibis 131.3 (1989): 349-354.Abstract
3. Tucker, S. T., et al. "The geology and paleontology of Ashfall Fossil Beds, a late Miocene (Clarendonian) mass-death assemblage, Antelope County and adjacent Knox County, Nebraska, USA." GSA Field Guides 36 (2014): 1-22.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Telluraves Order: Accipitriformes
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