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Neophrontops
Taxonomy
Neophrontops was named by Miller (1916). Its type is Neophrontops americanus.
It was assigned to Vulturidae by Miller (1916); to Aegypiidae by Hay (1930); to Aegypiinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1943), Wetmore (1956) and Feduccia (1974); to Gypaetinae by Bickart (1990); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Carroll (1988) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001).
It was assigned to Vulturidae by Miller (1916); to Aegypiidae by Hay (1930); to Aegypiinae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1943), Wetmore (1956) and Feduccia (1974); to Gypaetinae by Bickart (1990); and to Accipitridae by Lambrecht (1933), Carroll (1988) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1916 | Neophrontops Miller |
1930 | Neophrontops Hay p. 323 |
1933 | Neophrontops Lambrecht p. 402 |
1940 | Neophrontops Wetmore p. 33 |
1943 | Neophrontops Wetmore p. 229 |
1956 | Neophrontops Wetmore p. 39 |
1974 | Neophrontops Feduccia |
1988 | Neophrontops Carroll |
1990 | Neophrontops Bickart p. 41 |
2001 | Neophrontops Olson and Rasmussen p. 297 |
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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.
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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Marsh 1875, Naka 2004 |
Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.43000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | N. vetustus (18001) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Oregon) | N. dakotensis (154947) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | N. sp. (52582) | |
Blancan | USA (Idaho) | N. slaughteri (19906) | |
Gelasian | USA (Florida) | N. slaughteri (20384) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | N. americanus (20387) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (California) | N. vallecitoensis (192289) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | N. americanus (44954 79630 190077) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | N. americanus (71670) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | N. americanus (93277) |