Aves - Falconiformes - Vulturoidae

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

Parent taxon: Teratornithidae according to S. L. Olson and H. M. F. Alvarenga 2002

See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1960

Sister taxa: Aiolornis, Argentavis, Oscaravis, Taubatornis, Teratornis

Subtaxa: Cathartornis gracilis

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Type: Cathartornis gracilis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Brea Tar Pits (general) (Quaternary of California)

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