†Perugyps diazi Stucchi and Emslie 2005 (vulture)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: M. Stucchi and S. D. Emslie. 2005. A new condor (Ciconiiformes, Vulturidae) from the late Miocene/early Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru. Condor 107(1):107-113
Belongs to Perugyps according to M. Stucchi and S. D. Emslie 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MUSM 213, a limb element (right carpometacarpus). Its type locality is Sud Sacaco, Montemar, which is in a Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Sud Sacaco, Montemar
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