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Gyps (vulture)

Reptilia - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Taxonomy
Gyps was named by Savigny (1809). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gypini by del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Amadon (1977), Mlikovsky (2002) and Clements et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Gyps Savigny
1933Gyps Lambrecht p. 402
1977Gyps Amadon p. 416
2002Gyps Mlikovsky p. 190
2014Gyps del Hoyo et al.
2017Gyps 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
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
orderAccipitriformesVieillot 1816
familyAccipitridaeViellot 1816
genusGypsSavigny 1809

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. Gyps Savigny 1809 [vulture]
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Gyps africanus Salvadori 1865 [white-backed vulture]
Gyps fulvus Hablizl 1783 [Eurasian griffon]
Gyps melitensis Lydekker 1890
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: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Gyps sp. (202631)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Mallorca) Gyps sp. (214536)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Gyps fulvus (192443)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Portugal Gyps fulvus (197768)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Egypt Gyps africanus (208788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Azerbaijan Gyps fulvus (193355)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Gyps fulvus (92902) Gyps fulvus, Gyps melitensis (192948) Gyps melitensis (192957 192964)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Gyps fulvus (195041)