†Vultur messii Degrange et al. 2023 (New World vulture)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: F. J. Degrange, R. A. Bonini, S. M. Georgieff and L. M. Ibañez. 2023. A new fossil condor (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Early Pliocene of Catamarca province, Argentina. Historical Biology
Belongs to Vultur according to F. J. Degrange et al. 2023
Sister taxon: Vultur gryphus
Type specimen: MCH 363, a limb element (right femur). Its type locality is San Fernando Norte (40 m above tuff bed), which is in a Zanclean alluvial fan mudstone in the Andalhuala Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at San Fernando Norte (40 m above tuff bed)
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