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Aegypius monachus (cinereous vulture)
Taxonomy
Vultur monachus was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.
It was recombined as Aegypius monachus by Weesie (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Walker and Dyke (2006) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Aegypius monachus by Weesie (1988), Mlikovsky (2002), Walker and Dyke (2006) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1766 | Vultur monachus Linnaeus |
| 1988 | Aegypius monachus Weesie p. 16 figs. Pl 1, figs 10,11 |
| 2002 | Aegypius monachus Mlikovsky p. 190 |
| 2006 | Aegypius monachus Walker and Dyke p. 95 |
| 2017 | Aegypius monachus Clements et al. |
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Aegypius monachus Linnaeus 1766 [cinereous vulture]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Langhian | Kenya | Aegypius monachus (21719) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Vultur monachus (191730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Romania | Aegypius monachus (197946) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Aegypius monachus (192949 192954) |