Aquila chrysaetos simurgh

{{Short description|Extinct subspecies of bird}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Pleistocene}}

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| genus = Aquila

| species = chrysaetos

| species_link = Golden eagle

| subspecies = simurgh

| extinct = yes

| authority = Weesie, 1988

| synonyms = Aquila simurgh

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Aquila chrysaetos simurgh is an extinct subspecies of the widespread golden eagle. Its fossils are found in Crete; it was sometimes evaluated as a full species.{{Cite web|title=PBDB|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=369538|access-date=2021-11-08|website=paleobiodb.org}}

Ecology

It lived during the Pleistocene in Crete with Mammuthus creticus, the smallest known mammoth species.

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