Sarcoramphus fischeri Campbell 1979 (king vulture)

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 Sarcoramphus according to K. E. Campbell 1979

Sister taxa: Sarcoramphus kernensis, Sarcoramphus papa, Sarcorhamphus fossilis, Sarcorhamphus patruus

Type specimen: ROM 12887, a limb element (right tibiotarsus). 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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