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Sarcoramphus (king vulture)
Taxonomy
Sarcoramphus was named by Dumeril (1806). It is extant.
It was corrected as Sarcorhamphus by Moreno and Mercerat (1891) and Lambrecht (1933).
It was assigned to Cathartinae by Amadon (1977); to Vulturidae by Campbell (1979) and Carroll (1988); and to Cathartidae by Moreno and Mercerat (1891), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was corrected as Sarcorhamphus by Moreno and Mercerat (1891) and Lambrecht (1933).
It was assigned to Cathartinae by Amadon (1977); to Vulturidae by Campbell (1979) and Carroll (1988); and to Cathartidae by Moreno and Mercerat (1891), Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1806 | Sarcoramphus Dumeril |
| 1891 | Sarcorhamphus Moreno and Mercerat p. 69 |
| 1933 | Sarcorhamphus Lambrecht p. 393 |
| 1940 | Sarcoramphus Wetmore p. 31 |
| 1956 | Sarcoramphus Wetmore p. 37 |
| 1977 | Sarcoramphus Amadon p. 414 |
| 1979 | Sarcoramphus Campbell |
| 1988 | Sarcoramphus Carroll |
| 2014 | Sarcoramphus del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Sarcoramphus Clements et al. |
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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. Sarcoramphus Dumeril 1806 [king vulture]
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†Sarcoramphus fischeri Campbell 1979 [king vulture]
†Sarcoramphus kernensis Miller 1931
Sarcoramphus papa Linnaeus 1758 [king vulture]
†Sarcorhamphus fossilis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Sarcorhamphus patruus Lönnberg 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available