Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71
Parent taxon: Cathartidae according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023
See also Ameghino 1894, Brodkorb 1967 and Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Sister taxa: Breagyps, Cathartes, Cathartidarum, Cathartinae, Coragyps, Gymnogyps, Kuntur, Pliogyps, Sarcoramphus, Tapinopus, Vultur, Vulturinae
Subtaxa: Dryornis hatcheri Dryornis pampeanus
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (2 collections)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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