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Cathartidae (New World vulture)

Reptilia - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Cathartidae Lafresnaye
1891Cathartidae Moreno and Mercerat p. 67
1897Cathartidae Mercerat p. 236
1902Cathartidae Hay p. 535
1911Cathartidae Jaekel p. 178
1933Cathartidae Lambrecht p. 392
1940Cathartidae Wetmore p. 29
1956Cathartidae Wetmore p. 35
1976Cathartidae Harrison and Walker p. 338
1977Cathartidae Amadon p. 413
2005Cathartidae Mayr p. 318
2007Cathartidae Livezey and Zusi p. 93
2014Cathartidae del Hoyo et al.
2015Cathartidae Stucchi et al.
2017Cathartidae Agnolín et al.
2017Cathartidae Clements et al.
2023Cathartidae Tambussi et al. p. 274

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

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.

Fm. Cathartidae Lafresnaye 1839 [New World vulture]
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G. †Breagyps Miller 1938
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†Breagyps clarki Miller 1910
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]
G. †Cathartidarum Winge 1888
G. Coragyps Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1853
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Coragyps atratus Bechstein 1793 [black vulture]
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Invalid names: Vultur urubu Vieillot 1807 [synonym]
†Coragyps occidentalis Miller 1909
†Coragyps seductus Suárez 2020 [Cuban Black Vulture or Zopilote Cubano]
†Coragyps shastensis Miller 1911 [vulture]
Invalid names: Catharista Vieillot 1816 [synonym]
G. †Dryornis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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†Dryornis hatcheri Degrange 2022
†Dryornis pampeanus Moreno and Mercerat 1891
G. †Gigantohierax Arredondo and Arredondo 2002
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†Gigantohierax itchei Suárez 2020 [Aguila de Itche]
†Gigantohierax suarezi Arredondo and Arredondo 2002 [Aguila Gigante de Suárez]
G. Gymnogyps Lesson 1842
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Gymnogyps californianus Shaw 1797 [California condor]
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Invalid names: Gymnogyps amplus Miller 1911 [synonym]
†Gymnogyps howardae Campbell 1979 [condor]
†Gymnogyps kofordi Emslie 1988 [condor]
Invalid names: Pseudogryphus Ridgway 1874 [synonym]
G. †Kuntur Stucchi et al. 2015
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†Kuntur cardenasi Stucchi et al. 2015
G. †Pliogyps Tordoff 1959
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†Pliogyps charon Becker 1986
†Pliogyps fisheri Tordoff 1959
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
G. †Tapinopus Milne-Edwards 1891
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†Tapinopus ellioti Milne-Edwards 1891
G. Vultur Linnaeus 1758
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Vultur gryphus Linnaeus 1758 [Andean condor]
†Vultur messii Degrange et al. 2023
Subfm. Vulturinae Illiger 1811 [vulture]
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G. †Aizengyps Emslie 1998
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†Aizengyps toomeyae Emslie 1998
G. †Diatropornis Milne-Edwards 1892
G. †Geronogyps Campbell 1979 [vulture]
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†Geronogyps reliquus Campbell 1979 [vulture]
G. †Hadrogyps Emslie 1988
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†Hadrogyps aigialeus Emslie 1988
G. †Palaeogyps Wetmore 1927
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†Palaeogyps prodromus Wetmore 1927
G. †Pampagyps Agnolín et al. 2017
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†Pampagyps imperator Agnolín et al. 2017
G. †Perugyps Stucchi and Emslie 2005
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†Perugyps diazi Stucchi and Emslie 2005
G. †Phasmagyps Wetmore 1927
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†Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore 1927
G. †Wingegyps Alvarenga and Olson 2004
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†Wingegyps cartellei Alvarenga and Olson 2004
Invalid names: Cathartinae Lafresnaye 1839 [empty]
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 Bartonian to the top of the Holocene or 41.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Diatropornis ellioti (12840)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Phasmagyps patritus, Palaeogyps prodromus (99642)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4France Diatropornis ellioti (13324)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Dryornis hatcheri (227799)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Hadrogyps aigialeus (13297)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Vulturidae indet., Pliogyps charon (18554)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru (Ica) Kuntur cardenasi (172172)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Vultur indet. (52184)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Vulturidae indet. (13079)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru (Caraveli) Perugyps diazi (46084)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (La Rioja) Cathartidae indet. (152263)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Catamarca) Vultur messii (232615)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Vulturidae indet. (52582)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dryornis pampeanus (13503) Vultur gryphus, Dryornis pampeanus (198863)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Gymnogyps sp. (19753)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Pliogyps fisheri (19936)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Gymnogyps sp., Coragyps atratus (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Vultur gryphus (70673)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Aizengyps toomeyae (19750)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gymnogyps sp. (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Gymnogyps amplus (74480)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Gymnogyps varonai (152870)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Coragyps atratus (20415) Gymnogyps kofordi (20350 20400)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) Geronogyps reliquus (203957)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Cathartes fossilis, Sarcorhamphus fossilis (71303) Coragyps atratus (202096)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cathartes aura, Coragyps sp. (20639)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps amplus, Breagyps clarki, Coragyps occidentalis (152008 161536) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps californianus, Coragyps occidentalis (192630) Gymnogyps californianus (176091) Gymnogyps californicus (225558)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Cathartes aura (20398) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps amplus, Coragyps occidentalis (20491)
Rancholabrean - Holocene0.3 - 0.0USA (California) Gymnogyps californianus (84904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Wingegyps cartellei (194571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Vulturidae indet., Sarcoramphus new sp., Cathartes sp., Coragyps atratus, Wingegyps new sp. (63515)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Breagyps clarki, Coragyps occidentalis (76059) Cathartes aura (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Coragyps atratus (84190)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps amplus, Catharista shastensis, Coragyps occidentalis (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Coragyps sp. (212474) Vultur gryphus, Cathartes aura, Coragyps atratus, Geronogyps reliquus, Gymnogyps howardae, Sarcoramphus fischeri (71346)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cathartes aura (34269 74292) Cathartes aura, Coragyps urubu (20638) Coragyps atratus, Gymnogyps amplus (154773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps californianus, Coragyps atratus (93281) Gymnogyps amplus, Coragyps occidentalis (71670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Breagyps clarki (192627)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Gymnogyps californianus, Coragyps atratus (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps californianus, Coragyps urubu (154771) Gymnogyps sp. (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cathartes aura, Catharista shastensis (155409) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps amplus, Catharista shastensis (74235) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps californianus, Breagyps clarki, Coragyps occidentalis (190077) Cathartes aura, Gymnogyps californianus, Coragyps occidentalis (218989) Cathartes sp., Cathartes aura, Coragyps occidentalis (44954) Gymnogyps amplus (123918) Gymnogyps californianus (79630 120829 125236 125237)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Cathartes aura, Coragyps atratus (152599)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Coragyps atratus (20636) Coragyps occidentalis (20595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pampagyps imperator (232192)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Wingegyps cartellei (194572)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Cathartidae indet. (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Cathartes aura (190743)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pampagyps imperator (232191)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Cuba (Artemisa) Cathartidae indet. (195083)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Chiapas) Cathartes aura, Coragyps atratus (195047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Cathartes aura (195050)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Cathartes aura (104675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Cathartes aura (194908 194909 194927 194928)