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Coragyps

Osteichthyes - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Catharista Vieillot
1853Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
1909Catharista Miller
1930Coragyps Hay p. 311
1933Coragyps Lambrecht p. 396
1935Coragyps Schultz and Howard p. 275
1940Coragyps Wetmore p. 29
1956Coragyps Wetmore p. 35
1977Coragyps Amadon p. 414
2014Coragyps del Hoyo et al.
2017Coragyps Clements et al.
2025Coragyps Eshelman et al. p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusCoragypsGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853
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Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793 [black vulture]
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Invalid names: Vultur urubu Vieillot 1807 [synonym]
†Coragyps occidentalis Miller 1909
†Coragyps seductus Suárez 2020 [Cuban Black Vulture or Zopilote Cubano]
†Coragyps shastensis Miller 1911 [vulture]
Invalid names: Catharista Vieillot 1816 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: volantf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2009-01-03 16:31:16
Modified: 2009-01-03 18:31:16
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) C. atratus (20384)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) C. atratus (20415)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. sp. (20639)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. atratus (202096)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) C. occidentalis (20491)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) C. occidentalis (152008 161536 192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. atratus (154773) C. urubu (20638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador C. atratus (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Catharista shastensis, C. occidentalis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) C. atratus (93281) C. occidentalis (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. atratus (20636) C. occidentalis (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) C. atratus (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. urubu (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) C. occidentalis (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) C. atratus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Catharista occidentalis (190077) Catharista shastensis (74235 155409) C. occidentalis (44954 218989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. atratus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru C. atratus (71346) C. sp. (212474)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) C. atratus (195047)