Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Parent taxon: Cathartiformes according to F. L. Agnolín et al. 2017
See also Amadon 1977, Clements et al. 2017, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Harrison and Walker 1976, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Jaekel 1911, Lambrecht 1933, Livezey and Zusi 2007, Mayr 2005, Mercerat 1897, Moreno and Mercerat 1891, Stucchi et al. 2015, Tambussi et al. 2023, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Breagyps Cathartes Cathartidarum Cathartinae Coragyps Dryornis Gigantohierax Gymnogyps Kuntur Pliogyps Sarcoramphus Tapinopus Vultur Vulturinae
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (5 collections), the Bahamas (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (2), Cuba (2), Ecuador (1), Mexico (2), Peru (2), United States (48: California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, New Mexico, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Blancan of United States (2: Florida, Kansas)
• Pliocene of Argentina (3), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Peru (3), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (1), United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 82 collections including 131 occurrences