| Aquila chrysaetos simurgh Temporal range:  | |
|---|---|
| Scientific 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
It lived during the Pleistocene in Crete with Mammuthus creticus, the smallest mammoth known.
References
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