PBDB Taxon

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Gyps (vulture)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy

Gyps was named by Savigny (1809). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gypini by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Amadon (1977), Mlikovsky (2002), Clements et al. (2017).

Species

G. africanus, G. fulvus, G. melitensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1809	Gyps Savigny
1933	Gyps Lambrecht p. 402
1977	Gyps Amadon p. 416
2002	Gyps Mlikovsky p. 190
2014	Gyps del Hoyo et al.
2017	Gyps Clements et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Eugnathostomata
—	Teleostomi	(Bonaparte 1836)
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
order	Accipitriformes	Vieillot 1816
family	Accipitridae	Viellot 1816
genus	Gyps	Savigny 1809

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. Gyps Savigny 1809 [vulture]

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Gyps africanus Salvadori 1865 [white-backed vulture]

Gyps fulvus Hablizl 1783 [Eurasian griffon]

†Gyps melitensis Lydekker 1890

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 16:32:13

Modified:

2009-01-03 18:32:13

Source: f = family, o = order

References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Greece (Attica)	Gyps sp. (202631)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Spain (Mallorca)	Gyps sp. (214536)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Greece (Crete)	Gyps fulvus (192443)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Egypt	Gyps africanus (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Portugal	Gyps fulvus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Azerbaijan	Gyps fulvus (193355)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Greece (Crete)	Gyps fulvus (92902) Gyps fulvus, Gyps melitensis (192948) Gyps melitensis (192957 192964)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	France	Gyps fulvus (195041)