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Aegypiinae (Old World vulture)
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).
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
Year | Name and author |
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1930 | Aegypiidae Hay p. 323 |
1939 | Aegypiinae Miller and Compton p. 156 |
1940 | Aegypiinae Wetmore p. 32 |
1943 | Aegypiinae Wetmore p. 229 |
1956 | Aegypiinae Wetmore p. 38 |
1974 | Aegypiinae Feduccia |
2010 | Aegypiinae Zhang et al. p. 406 |
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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. †Neophrontops Miller 1916
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†Neophrontops americanus Miller 1916
†Neophrontops dakotensis Compton 1935
†Neophrontops slaughteri Feduccia 1974
†Neophrontops vallecitoensis Howard 1963
†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
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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
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 |
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Hemingfordian | USA (South Dakota) | Palaeoborus rosatus (17912) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Neophrontops vetustus (18001) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (New Mexico) | Palaeoborus umbrosus (19547) | |
Langhian | Kenya | Aegypius monachus (21719) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Oregon) | Neophrontops dakotensis (154947) | |
MN 12 - MN 13 | China (Gansu) | Gansugyps linxiaensis (96188) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Neophrontops sp. (52582) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Torgos sp. (32050) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Tanzania | Torgos sp. (21830) | |
Blancan | USA (Idaho) | Neophrontops slaughteri (19906) | |
Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Neophrontops slaughteri (20384) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Mallorca) | Aegypius sp. (214536) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Neophrontops americanus (20387) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | Neophrontops vallecitoensis (192289) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Monaco | Vultur monachus (191730) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia (Java) | Aegypiinae indet. (74620) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Aegypiinae indet. (22066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Aegypius monachus (192949 192954) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Neophrontops americanus, Neogyps errans (44954 79630 190077) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Neophrontops americanus (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Romania | Aegypius monachus (197946) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Neophrontops americanus (71670) |