Sagittariidae
Sagittariidae is a family of raptor with one living species—the secretarybird native to Africa—and a few fossil taxa.
This single extant species has affected the fossil record of the group by ‘pulling’ the temporal range of the family to the present, an artifact called the Pull of the recent.
German naturalists Otto Finsch and Gustav Hartlaub established the taxon name as a subfamily—Sagittariinae—in 1870. Although their term postdated Gypogeranidae of Vigors and Serpentariidae of Edmond de [Sélys Longchamps|Selys Longchamps], the genus name Sagittarius had priority over Gypogeranus Johann [Karl Wilhelm Illiger|Illiger], 1811 and Serpentarius Cuvier, 1798.
Genera
There are at least four genera:- †Amanuensis Mourer-Chauviré, 2003
- †Amphiserpentarius Gaillard, 1908
- †Pelargopappus Stejneger, 1885Sagittarius Hermann,1783