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Sarcoramphus papa (king vulture)

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Taxonomy
Vultur papa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sarcoramphus papa by Duméril (1805), Amadon (1977), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Vultur papa Linnaeus p. 86
1805Sarcoramphus papa Duméril
1977Sarcoramphus papa Amadon p. 414
2014Sarcoramphus papa del Hoyo et al.
2017Sarcoramphus papa Clements et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusSarcoramphusDumeril 1806
speciespapa()

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.

Sarcoramphus papa Linnaeus 1758 [king vulture]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available