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Buteo sanya

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Buteo sanya
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Buteo
Species:
B. sanya
Binomial name
Buteo sanya
Hou, 1998

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]

References

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  1. ^ a b Hou, L.-H. 1998. Aves; pp. 40-47. In: Hao S. & Wanbo, H.: Luobidang Cave Site. South Press.
  2. ^ Tyrberg, Tommy (2008). "The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence" (PDF). Oryctos. 7: 261. Retrieved 23 February 2017.