Anchigyps voorhiesi Zhang and Feduccia 2012 (hawk)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Full reference: Z. Zhang and A. Feduccia. 2012. A late Miocene accipitrid (Aves, Accipitriformes) from Nebraska and its implications for the divergence of Old World vultures . PloS One 7(11):e48842

Belongs to Anchigyps according to Z. Zhang and A. Feduccia 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNSM 62877, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Orchard, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial ash in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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