Vultur

Vultur
Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Vultur
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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

  1. ^ 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.


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