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Vulturinae (vulture)
Taxonomy
Vulturidae was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant. Its type is Vultur.
It was synonymized subjectively with Cathartidae by Amadon (1977) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); it was reranked as the subfamily Vulturinae by Agnolín et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Vulturoidae by Hay (1930); to Falconiformes by Guthrie (1992) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Ciconiiformes by Emslie (1988), Emslie (1988), Carroll (1988), Emslie (1992) and Stucchi and Emslie (2005); and to Cathartidae by Agnolín et al. (2017).
It was synonymized subjectively with Cathartidae by Amadon (1977) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); it was reranked as the subfamily Vulturinae by Agnolín et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Vulturoidae by Hay (1930); to Falconiformes by Guthrie (1992) and Olson and Rasmussen (2001); to Ciconiiformes by Emslie (1988), Emslie (1988), Carroll (1988), Emslie (1992) and Stucchi and Emslie (2005); and to Cathartidae by Agnolín et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1811 | Vulturidae Illiger |
| 1930 | Vulturidae Hay p. 310 |
| 1988 | Vulturidae Carroll |
| 1988 | Vulturidae Emslie |
| 1992 | Vulturidae Emslie p. 253 |
| 1992 | Vulturidae Guthrie p. 322 |
| 2001 | Vulturidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 297 |
| 2005 | Vulturidae Stucchi and Emslie p. 108 |
| 2017 | Vulturinae Agnolín et al. |
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Subfm. Vulturinae Illiger 1811 [vulture]
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G. †Diatopornis
G. †Diatropornis Milne-Edwards 1892
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | Diatropornis ellioti (12840) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Phasmagyps patritus, Palaeogyps prodromus (99642) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | France | Diatropornis ellioti (13324) | |
| Langhian | USA (California) | Hadrogyps aigialeus (13297) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Florida) | Vulturidae indet. (18554) | |
| Messinian | Peru (Caraveli) | Perugyps diazi (46084) | |
| Messinian | Peru | Vulturidae indet. (13079) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | Vulturidae indet. (52582) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Aizengyps toomeyae (19750) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Geronogyps reliquus (203957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Peru | Geronogyps reliquus (71346) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Vulturidae indet., Wingegyps new sp. (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pampagyps imperator (232192) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Bahia) | Wingegyps cartellei (194571) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Wingegyps cartellei (194572) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pampagyps imperator (232191) |