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Two New Fossil Eagles from the Late Pliocene (Late Blancan) of Florida and Arizona and Their Biogeographic Implications Steven D. Emslie and Nicholas J. Czaplewski ABSTRACT Two new species of fossil eagles are described from the late Pliocene of Florida and Arizona, adding new information on the paleoecology of these regions. Aquila bivia, new species, is known from 33 skeletal elements from inglis IA, Citrus County, Florida, and from a partial skeleton from 111 Ranch, Graham County, Arizona. It was a large eagle, approximately 10%-15% larger than females of modem A. chrysaetos (Linnaeus), and it is the first valid fossil species in this genus to be described from North America. Amplibuteo concordatus, new species, is known from 13 skeletal elements from Haile 7C, Alachua County, and Inglis 1C, Citrus County, Florida, and from three specimens from Duncan, Greenlee County, Arizona. It is the third species of the genus to be described, and it represents the earliest occurrence of this genus. These two new taxa add to a growing list of vertebrates with fossil distributions in both the Florida peninsula and western North America, which reflects a corridor of common habitat that once united these regions. This corridor initially developed during glacial intervals in the late Pliocene, when numerous taxa of mammals, birds, reptiles, and plants first appear in the fossil record of Florida. The corridor probably was composed largely of dry thornscrub and savannah communities, but it also may have had a mosaic of lakes, wetlands, and hammocks that allowed dispersal of a variety of species that reflect these communities. Introduction The fossil record in Florida and the southwestern United States indicates that numerous species of mammals, reptiles, and plants were shared between these regions during the Pliocene and Pleistocene (Neill, 1957; Blair, 1958; Marshall et al., 1982; Marshall, 1985; Meylan, 1982). This distributional Steven D. Emslie, Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, United States. Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 1335 Asp Avenue, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States. 185 pattern has been explained as the result of the Gulf Coast corridor, a broad expanse of savannah and xeric thorn-scrub habitat that extended through Central America, Mexico, and the southern portion of the United States (Blair, 1958; Mares, 1985; Webb, 1985). This corridor allowed the dispersal of taxa between the Florida peninsula and the western United States and between North and South America during the Great American Biotic Interchange, which began at about 2.5 Ma (Stehli and Webb, 1985). The fossil record of birds during this period is less well known, although similar dispersals have been documented (Vuilleumier, 1985; Emslie, 1996). For example, the phorusrhacoid Titanis walleri Brodkorb is a representative of a South American group that reached Florida and Texas during the Plio-Pleistocene (Brodkorb, 1963; Baskin, 1995). An unusual group of condor-like vultures, the teratorns, also may have been from a South American lineage that entered North America by the late Pliocene (Campbell and Tonni, 1981; Vuilleumier, 1985; Emslie, 1988). Recent paleontological investigations in Florida and Arizona have indicated that considerably more avian taxa were shared between North and South America and the western and eastern United States during the Plio-Pleistocene than previously have been documented (Emslie, 1998). Herein, we describe two new species of eagles from the late Pliocene of Florida and Arizona. As with mammalian taxa, these and other avian fossils indicate an extensive common habitat that once extended across the southern United States in the late Pliocene. METHODS.—Comparative analyses of fossil and recent skeletal material was completed at the Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, where the fossils are housed; the National Museum of Natural History (USNM; collections of the former United States National Museum), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C; the Museums of Paleontology (UMMP) and Zoology (UMMZ), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA), Flagstaff; the University of California, Los
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Two New Fossil Eagles from the<br />
Late Pliocene (Late Blancan) of Florida and Arizona<br />
and Their Biogeographic Implications<br />
Steven D. Emslie and Nicholas J. Czaplewski<br />
ABSTRACT<br />
Two new species of fossil eagles are described from the late<br />
Pliocene of Florida and Arizona, adding new information on the<br />
paleoecology of these regions. Aquila bivia, new species, is known<br />
from 33 skeletal elements from inglis IA, Citrus County, Florida,<br />
and from a partial skeleton from 111 Ranch, Graham County, Arizona.<br />
It was a large eagle, approximately 10%-15% larger than<br />
females of modem A. chrysaetos (Linnaeus), and it is the first<br />
valid fossil species in this genus to be described from North America.<br />
Amplibuteo concordatus, new species, is known from 13 skeletal<br />
elements from Haile 7C, Alachua County, and Inglis 1C,<br />
Citrus County, Florida, and from three specimens from Duncan,<br />
Greenlee County, Arizona. It is the third species of the genus to be<br />
described, and it represents the earliest occurrence of this genus.<br />
These two new taxa add to a growing list of vertebrates with fossil<br />
distributions in both the Florida peninsula and western North<br />
America, which reflects a corridor of common habitat that once<br />
united these regions. This corridor initially developed during glacial<br />
intervals in the late Pliocene, when numerous taxa of mammals,<br />
birds, reptiles, and plants first appear in the fossil record of<br />
Florida. The corridor probably was composed largely of dry thornscrub<br />
and savannah communities, but it also may have had a<br />
mosaic of lakes, wetlands, and hammocks that allowed dispersal<br />
of a variety of species that reflect these communities.<br />
Introduction<br />
The fossil record in Florida and the southwestern United<br />
States indicates that numerous species of mammals, reptiles,<br />
and plants were shared between these regions during the<br />
Pliocene and Pleistocene (Neill, 1957; Blair, 1958; Marshall et<br />
al., 1982; Marshall, 1985; Meylan, 1982). This distributional<br />
Steven D. Emslie, Department of Biological Sciences, University of<br />
North Carolina, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403, United States.<br />
Nicholas J. Czaplewski, Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 1335<br />
Asp Avenue, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019,<br />
United States.<br />
185<br />
pattern has been explained as the result of the Gulf Coast corridor,<br />
a broad expanse of savannah and xeric thorn-scrub habitat<br />
that extended through Central America, Mexico, and the southern<br />
portion of the United States (Blair, 1958; Mares, 1985;<br />
Webb, 1985). This corridor allowed the dispersal of taxa between<br />
the Florida peninsula and the western United States and<br />
between North and South America during the Great American<br />
Biotic Interchange, which began at about 2.5 Ma (Stehli and<br />
Webb, 1985).<br />
The fossil record of birds during this period is less well<br />
known, although similar dispersals have been documented<br />
(Vuilleumier, 1985; Emslie, 1996). For example, the phorusrhacoid<br />
Titanis walleri Brodkorb is a representative of a South<br />
American group that reached Florida and Texas during the<br />
Plio-Pleistocene (Brodkorb, 1963; Baskin, 1995). An unusual<br />
group of condor-like vultures, the teratorns, also may have<br />
been from a South American lineage that entered North America<br />
by the late Pliocene (Campbell and Tonni, 1981; Vuilleumier,<br />
1985; Emslie, 1988). Recent paleontological investigations<br />
in Florida and Arizona have indicated that considerably more<br />
avian taxa were shared between North and South America and<br />
the western and eastern United States during the Plio-Pleistocene<br />
than previously have been documented (Emslie, 1998).<br />
Herein, we describe two new species of eagles from the late<br />
Pliocene of Florida and Arizona. As with mammalian taxa,<br />
these and other avian fossils indicate an extensive common<br />
habitat that once extended across the southern United States in<br />
the late Pliocene.<br />
METHODS.—Comparative analyses of fossil and recent skeletal<br />
material was completed at the Florida Museum of Natural<br />
History (FLMNH), University of Florida (UF), Gainesville,<br />
where the fossils are housed; the National Museum of Natural<br />
History (USNM; collections of the former United States National<br />
Museum), <strong>Smithsonian</strong> <strong>Institution</strong>, Washington, D.C;<br />
the Museums of Paleontology (UMMP) and Zoology (UMMZ),<br />
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; the Museum of Northern<br />
Arizona (MNA), Flagstaff; the University of California, <strong>Lo</strong>s