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Cathartes (vulture)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Cathartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Cathartes Illiger
1891Cathartes Moreno and Mercerat p. 67
1930Cathartes Hay p. 311
1935Cathartes Schultz and Howard p. 275
1940Cathartes Wetmore p. 29
1956Cathartes Wetmore p. 35
1977Cathartes Amadon p. 413
2014Cathartes del Hoyo et al.
2017Cathartes Clements et al.

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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()
orderTheropoda
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
orderCathartiformesCoues 1884
familyCathartidaeLafresnaye 1839
genusCathartesIlliger 1811

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. Cathartes Illiger 1811 [vulture]
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Cathartes aura Linnaeus 1758 [turkey vulture]
Cathartes burrovianus Cassin 1845 [lesser yellow-headed vulture]
†Cathartes fossilis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Cathartes melambrotus Wetmore 1964 [greater yellow-headed vulture]
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: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rancholabrean to the top of the Holocene or 0.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Cathartes fossilis (71303)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cathartes aura (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Cathartes aura (20398 20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Cathartes aura (152008 161536 192630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cathartes aura (20638 34269 74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Cathartes aura (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cathartes aura (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cathartes aura (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Cathartes aura (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cathartes aura (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Cathartes sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cathartes aura (74235 155409 190077 218989) Cathartes sp., Cathartes aura (44954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cathartes aura (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Cathartes aura (190743)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Cathartes aura (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Cathartes aura (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Cathartes aura (195050)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Cathartes aura (194908 194909 194927 194928)