Neogyps errans 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

Belongs to Neogyps according to H. Howard 1932

See also Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1916, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UCMP 22401, a limb element (tarsometatarsus)

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (6: California collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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