| Cathartornis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cathartiformes |
| Family: | † Teratornithidae |
| Genus: | †
Cathartornis L. H. Miller, 1910 |
| Species: | †C. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cathartornis gracilis L. H. Miller, 1910
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Cathartornis (" Cathartes Bird") is an ancient bird of the Teratornithidae family. It lived somewhere between 23 million years ( Miocene Epoch) and 10,000 years ( Pleistocene Epoch) ago. The only evidence of the bird's existence is a few bones. Its remains were documented in 1910. [1] [2] Cathartornis was described on the basis of 2 tarsometatarsi, 1 complete and 1 containing only the distal end, recovered from the Pleistocene La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California. [3] Since then, no other fossils have officially been referred to the taxon, though some fossils assigned to Teratornis could be from Cathartornis [4] and unpublished remains have been mentioned. [5]
References
- ^ "BioLib - Cathartornis gracilis". Biolib.cz. 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ Howard, Hildegarde (Autumn 1972). "The Incredible Teratorn Again" (PDF). The Condor. 74 (3): 341–344. doi: 10.2307/1366594. JSTOR 1366594.
- ^ Miller, L. (1911). The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea (Vol. 6, No. 1). The University Press.
- ^ DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL TAXA OF TERATORNITHIDAE (AVES: ACCIPITRIFORMES), INCLUDING TERATORNIS MILLER 1909 AND ITS SPECIES T. MERRIAMI AND T. WOODBURNENSIS
- ^ Campbell, K. E., & Stenger, A. T. (2002). A new teratorn (Aves; Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon.
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| Cathartornis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cathartiformes |
| Family: | † Teratornithidae |
| Genus: | †
Cathartornis L. H. Miller, 1910 |
| Species: | †C. gracilis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Cathartornis gracilis L. H. Miller, 1910
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Cathartornis (" Cathartes Bird") is an ancient bird of the Teratornithidae family. It lived somewhere between 23 million years ( Miocene Epoch) and 10,000 years ( Pleistocene Epoch) ago. The only evidence of the bird's existence is a few bones. Its remains were documented in 1910. [1] [2] Cathartornis was described on the basis of 2 tarsometatarsi, 1 complete and 1 containing only the distal end, recovered from the Pleistocene La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California. [3] Since then, no other fossils have officially been referred to the taxon, though some fossils assigned to Teratornis could be from Cathartornis [4] and unpublished remains have been mentioned. [5]
References
- ^ "BioLib - Cathartornis gracilis". Biolib.cz. 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ Howard, Hildegarde (Autumn 1972). "The Incredible Teratorn Again" (PDF). The Condor. 74 (3): 341–344. doi: 10.2307/1366594. JSTOR 1366594.
- ^ Miller, L. (1911). The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea (Vol. 6, No. 1). The University Press.
- ^ DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL TAXA OF TERATORNITHIDAE (AVES: ACCIPITRIFORMES), INCLUDING TERATORNIS MILLER 1909 AND ITS SPECIES T. MERRIAMI AND T. WOODBURNENSIS
- ^ Campbell, K. E., & Stenger, A. T. (2002). A new teratorn (Aves; Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon.
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