Breagyps clarki Miller 1910 (New World vulture)

Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Alternative combinations: Sarcorhamphus clarki, Vultur clarki

Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1910. The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(1):1-19

Belongs to Breagyps according to H. Howard 1969

See also Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1910, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 12588, a set of limb elements (tarsometatarsus)

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (4: California, New Mexico)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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