Garganoaetus

Garganoaetus is an extinct genus of buteonin accipitrid bird of prey from the early Pliocene in Italy.^[3] G. freudenthali was comparable in size to a golden eagle; G. murivorus was hawk sized. Species of Garganoaetus would have lived alongside other Gargano island animals, such as large dormice Stertomys and Hattomys hamsters, the giant, long-skulled Deinogalerix moonrats, an otter, Prolagus pikas, and the multi-horned artiodactyl Hoplitomeryx.^[2]

Garganoaetus Temporal range: Early Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
G. freudenthali feeding on a Mikrotia sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	†Garganoaetus Ballmann, 1973
Species
†Garganoaetus freudenthali[1] †Garganoaetus murivorus[2]