Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71
Belongs to Dryornis according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023
See also Brodkorb 1967 and Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Sister taxon: Dryornis hatcheri
Type specimen: Museo de La Plata, a limb element (humerus). Its type locality is Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial siltstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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