Aves - Falconiformes - Vulturoidae

Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1910. The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(1):1-19

Belongs to Cathartornis according to S. L. Olson and H. M. F. Alvarenga 2002

See also Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1910, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 12598 and 12600 (cotypes), a limb element (tarsometatarsus)

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Brea Tar Pits (general) (Quaternary of California)

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