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Vultur

Reptilia - Theropoda - Cathartidae

Taxonomy

Vultur was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type is Vultur gryphus. It is the type genus of Vulturidae, Vulturoidae.

It was assigned to Cathartinae by Amadon (1977); to Vulturidae by Hay (1930) and Carroll (1988); and to Cathartidae by Lambrecht (1933), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Species

V. gryphus (type species), V. messii

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Vultur Linnaeus p. 86
1930	Vultur Hay p. 312
1933	Vultur Lambrecht p. 396
1977	Vultur Amadon p. 414
1988	Vultur Carroll
2014	Vultur del Hoyo et al.
2017	Vultur 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
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
order	Theropoda
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
order	Cathartiformes	Coues 1884
family	Cathartidae	Lafresnaye 1839
genus	Vultur

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. Vultur Linnaeus 1758

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Vultur gryphus Linnaeus 1758 [Andean condor]

†Vultur messii Degrange et al. 2023

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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	USA (California)	Vultur indet. (52184)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Argentina (Catamarca)	V. messii (232615)
Montehermosan	5.0 - 3.8	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	V. gryphus (198863)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Bolivia (Tarija )	V. gryphus (70673)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Peru	V. gryphus (71346)