†Pliogyps charon Becker 1986 (New World vulture)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: J. J. Becker. 1986. A new vulture (Vulturidae: Pliogyps) from the late Miocene of Florida. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99(3):502-508
Belongs to Pliogyps according to J. J. Becker 1986
Sister taxon: Pliogyps fisheri
Type specimen: UF 25952, a limb element (tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Love Bone Bed, which is in a Clarendonian marginal marine horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Love Bone Bed
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