Buteogallus milleri
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| Buteogallus milleri Temporal range: Quaternary | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Buteogallus |
| Species: | †B. milleri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Buteogallus milleri (Howard, 1932) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Urubitinga milleri (Howard, 1932) | |
Buteogallus milleri is an extinct species of buteonine hawk. The only remains discovered—a fragmentary coracoid (the holotype) and the distal half of a humerus—are from Hawver Cave in El Dorado County, California. B. milleri was larger than Buteogallus fragilis or Geranoaetus melanoleucus (the black-chested buzzard-eagle), and close in size to the Cuban species Buteogallus borrasi. However, there is not yet enough material to fully assess the similarities between B. milleri and B. borrasi.[1][2] B. milleri is named after paleontologist Loye Miller.[1]
