Neogyps
| Neogyps Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Neogyps errans fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Gypaetinae |
| Genus: | †Neogyps Miller, 1916 |
| Species: | †N. errans |
| Binomial name | |
| †Neogyps errans Miller, 1916 | |
Neogyps is an extinct monotypic genus of Old World vulture, represented by the sole species N. errans, occasionally referred to as the errant eagle. Despite its taxonomic placement among Old World vultures, Neogyps was native to the New World, with fossil remains known from western North America, including the La Brea Tar Pits in southern California. These remains date primarily to the Late Pleistocene.[1][2] Several morphological characteristics suggest that Neogyps was closely related to the subfamily Gypaetinae.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Zhang, Z.; Huang, Y.; James, H. F.; Hou, L. (2012). "Two Old World vultures from the middle Pleistocene of northeastern China and their implications for interspecific competition and biogeography of Aegypiinae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 117–124. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..117Z. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.624146. S2CID 85765495.
- ↑ Sánchez-Marco, Antonio (2022-03-20). "Two new Gypaetinae (Accipitridae, Aves) from the late Miocene of Spain" (PDF). Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1534–1543. Bibcode:2022HBio...34.1534S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2053117. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 247605500.
- ↑ Li, Zhiheng; Clarke, Julia A.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Deng, Tao (October 2016). "A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae". The Auk. 133 (4): 615–625. doi:10.1642/AUK-15-240.1. ISSN 0004-8038. S2CID 88747285.
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