Aquila kurochkini
| Aquila kurochkini Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Genus: | Aquila |
| Species: | †A. kurochkini
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| †Aquila kurochkini Boev, 2013
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Aquila kurochkini is an extinct species of Aquila that lived during the Gelasian stage of the Pleistocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Fossils of A. kurochkini are known from the site of Varshets in northwestern Bulgaria, dating to around 2.40-2.23 Ma.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Boev, Zlatozar N. (19 December 2013). "Aquila kurochkini sp. n., a new Late Pliocene eagle (Aves, Accipitriformes) from Varshets (NW Bulgaria)". Paleontological Journal. 47 (11): 1344–1354. Bibcode:2013PalJ...47.1344B. doi:10.1134/S003103011311004X. ISSN 0031-0301. Retrieved 16 February 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.
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