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Pleistovultur is an extinct genus of large New World vulture from the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene of South America. The type species P. nevesi was described based in a complete and well preserved right tibiotarsus from the Cuvieri cave deposits in Lagoa Santa region in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It was larger than Sarcoramphus papa, but smaller than Vultur gryphus.[1]
| Pleistovultur Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | †Pleistovultur Alvarenga et al., 2008 |
| Species: | †P. nevesi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pleistovultur nevesi Alvarenga et al., 2008 | |
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