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Aegypiinae (Old World vulture)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Aegypiinae was named as a subfamily. It is extant.

It was reranked as the family Aegypiidae by Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Accipitridae by Amadon (1977).

It was assigned to Falconoidae by Hay (1930); and to Accipitridae by Miller and Compton (1939), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1943), Wetmore (1956), Feduccia (1974) and Zhang et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
p. 229
YearName and author
1930Aegypiidae Hay p. 323
1939Aegypiinae Miller and Compton p. 156
1940Aegypiinae Wetmore p. 32
1943Aegypiinae Wetmore p. 229
1956Aegypiinae Wetmore p. 38
1974Aegypiinae Feduccia
2010Aegypiinae Zhang et al. p. 406

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
subfamilyAegypiinae
subfamilyAegypiinae

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.

Subfm. Aegypiinae [Old World vulture]
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G. Aegypius Savigny 1809
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Aegypius monachus Linnaeus 1766 [cinereous vulture]
Invalid names: Sarcogyps Lesson 1842 [synonym], Torgos Kaup 1828 [synonym]
G. †Gansugyps Zhang et al. 2010
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†Gansugyps linxiaensis Zhang et al. 2010
G. †Neogyps Miller 1916
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†Neogyps errans Miller 1916
G. †Neophrontops Miller 1916
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†Neophrontops americanus Miller 1916
†Neophrontops dakotensis Compton 1935
†Neophrontops slaughteri Feduccia 1974
†Neophrontops vetustus Wetmore 1943
G. †Palaeoborus Coues 1884
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†Palaeoborus howardae Wetmore 1936
†Palaeoborus rosatus Miller and Compton 1939
†Palaeoborus umbrosus Cope 1874
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: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 16.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Palaeoborus rosatus (17912)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Neophrontops vetustus (18001)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Palaeoborus umbrosus (19547)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Aegypius monachus (21719)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Oregon) Neophrontops dakotensis (154947)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Gansu) Gansugyps linxiaensis (96188)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Neophrontops sp. (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Torgos sp. (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Torgos sp. (21830)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Idaho) Neophrontops slaughteri (19906)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Neophrontops slaughteri (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) Aegypius sp. (214536)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Neophrontops americanus (20387)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Neophrontops vallecitoensis (192289)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Vultur monachus (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (Java) Aegypiinae indet. (74620)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Aegypiinae indet. (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Aegypius monachus (192949 192954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Neophrontops americanus, Neogyps errans (44954 79630 190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Neophrontops americanus (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Romania Aegypius monachus (197946)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Neophrontops americanus (71670)