Palaeoborus umbrosus Cope 1874 (Old World vulture)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Alternative combination: Cathartes umbrosus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Notes on the Santa Fé Marls, and Some of the Contained Vertebrate Fossils. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26(2):147-152

Belongs to Palaeoborus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1874, Hay 1902, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Palaeoborus howardae, Palaeoborus rosatus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Skull Ridge (Miocene of New Mexico)

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