Coragyps occidentalis
Extinct species of New World vulture / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Coragyps occidentalis, the Pleistocene black vulture, is an extinct species of New World vulture that lived throughout North and South America during the Pleistocene. It was formerly thought to be the ancestor to the modern black vulture (C. atratus), but is now thought to have evolved from it; the modern black vulture is paraphyletic with respect to it.[1][2][3]
Quick Facts Coragyps occidentalis Temporal range: Pleistocene - Early Holocene, Scientific classification ...
Coragyps occidentalis Temporal range: Pleistocene - Early Holocene | |
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Skeletal mount in the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cathartiformes |
Family: | Cathartidae |
Genus: | Coragyps |
Species: | †C. occidentalis |
Binomial name | |
†Coragyps occidentalis Miller, 1909 | |
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