†Pliogyps fisheri Tordoff 1959 (New World vulture)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: H. B. Tordoff. 1959. A condor from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas. Condor 61(5):338-343
Belongs to Pliogyps according to H. B. Tordoff 1959
Sister taxon: Pliogyps charon
Type specimen: U.M.M.P. no. 38319, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus lacking trochlea for digit IV). Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rexroad KU Locality 3
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