Neogyps Miller 1916 (Old World vulture)

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

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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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