Vultur
Appearance
Vultur Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
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Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cathartiformes |
Family: | Cathartidae |
Genus: | Vultur Linnaeus, 1758 |
Species | |
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Vultur is a genus of New World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) and the fossil species Vultur messii from the early Pliocene of Argentina.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Degrange, F. J.; Bonini, R. A.; Georgieff, S. M.; Ibañez, L. M. (2023). "A new fossil condor (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Early Pliocene of Catamarca province, Argentina". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology: 1–6. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2288612. S2CID 266076044.