Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Alternative combinations: Sarcorhamphus kernensis, Vultur kernensis

Full reference: L. Miller. 1931. Bird remains from the Kern River Pliocene of California. The Condor 33:70-72

Belongs to Sarcoramphus according to L. Miller and I. DeMay 1942

See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1931 and Wetmore 1940

Sister taxa: Sarcoramphus fischeri, Sarcoramphus papa, Sarcorhamphus fossilis, Sarcorhamphus patruus

Type specimen: CIT 454, a limb element (distal humerus)

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sarcoramphus kernensis in the database

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