†Neogyps Miller 1916 (Old World vulture)
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Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1916. Two vulturid raptors from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(9):105-109
Parent taxon: Aegypiidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1916, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Aegypius, Gansugyps, Neophrontops, Palaeoborus
Subtaxa: Neogyps errans
Type: Neogyps errans
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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