Brasilogyps

Brasilogyps
Temporal range: Late Oligocene or Early Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: †Brasilogyps
Alvarenga, 1985
Species:
†B. faustoi
Binomial name
†Brasilogyps faustoi
Alvarenga, 1985

Brasilogyps is an extinct genus of New World vulture from the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of the Tremembé Formation, Taubaté Basin, São Paulo state, Brazil. The type species is B. faustoi. It is related to Coragyps and slightly larger than C. occidentalis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Alvarenga, H. M. F. (1985) Notas sobre os Cathartidae (Aves) e Descrição de um Novo Gênero Cenozóico Brasileiro. Anais da Academia brasileira de Ciências 57 (3): 349-357.


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