†Gymnogyps howardae Campbell 1979 (condor)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: K. E. Campbell. 1979. The non-passerine Pleistocene avifauna of the Talara Tar Seeps, northwestern Peru. Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Contribution 118:1-203
Belongs to Gymnogyps according to K. E. Campbell 1979
Sister taxa: Gymnogyps californianus, Gymnogyps kofordi
Type specimen: ROM 12956, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Talara Tar Seeps, which is in a Pleistocene tar horizon in Peru.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Talara Tar Seeps
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