Aves - Falconiformes - Vulturoidae
Synonym: Pleistogyps Miller 1910
Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1909. Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(21):305-317
Parent taxon: Teratornithidae according to A. Wetmore 1960
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1909, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Aiolornis, Argentavis, Cathartornis, Oscaravis, Taubatornis
Subtaxa: Teratornis merriami Teratornis woodburnensis
Type: Teratornis merriami
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (16: California, Florida, Oregon, Utah collections)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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