Cathartornis
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | †Teratornithidae |
| Genus: | †Cathartornis L. H. Miller, 1910 |
| Species: | †C. gracilis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cathartornis gracilis L. H. Miller, 1910 | |
Cathartornis ("Cathartes Bird") is an extinct taxon of bird of the family Teratornithidae. The genus contains a single species, Cathartornis gracilis, known from only two tarsometatarsi, one complete and the other represented by its distal end. Both specimens were recovered from the Late Pleistocene deposits of the La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California.[1][2] To date, no additional fossils have been referred to Cathartornis, although some remains currently assigned to Teratornis may represent the former.[3] Unpublished fossil material has also been mentioned in connection with the genus.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Miller, L. (1911). The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea (Vol. 6, No. 1). The University Press.
- ↑ Campbell, Kenneth, Scott, Eric & Springer, Kathleen (1999). "A new genus for the incredible teratorn". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 89: 169–175 – via ResearchGate.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL TAXA OF TERATORNITHIDAE (AVES: ACCIPITRIFORMES), INCLUDING TERATORNIS MILLER 1909 AND ITS SPECIES T. MERRIAMI AND T. WOODBURNENSIS
- ↑ Campbell, K. E., & Stenger, A. T. (2002). A new teratorn (Aves; Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon.
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