Neogyps
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Neogyps errans fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Gypaetinae
Genus: †Neogyps
Miller, 1916
Species:
†N. errans
Binomial name
†Neogyps errans
Miller, 1916

Neogyps is an extinct monotypic genus of Old World vulture. Despite being an "Old World" vulture taxonomically, it was native to the New World, with its fossils having been found in western North America, including in the La Brea Tar Pits of southern California, dating to the Late Pleistocene.[1][2] Several morphological characters suggest that Neogyps is closely related to the subfamily Gypaetinae.[3]

References

  1. ^ Zhang, Z.; Huang, Y.; James, H. F.; Hou, L. (2012). "Two Old World vultures from the middle Pleistocene of northeastern China and their implications for interspecific competition and biogeography of Aegypiinae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32: 117–124. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.624146. S2CID 85765495.
  2. ^ Sánchez-Marco, Antonio (2022-03-20). "Two new Gypaetinae (Accipitridae, Aves) from the late Miocene of Spain" (PDF). Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1534–1543. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2053117. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 247605500.
  3. ^ Li, Zhiheng; Clarke, Julia A.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Deng, Tao (October 2016). "A new Old World vulture from the late Miocene of China sheds light on Neogene shifts in the past diversity and distribution of the Gypaetinae". The Auk. 133 (4): 615–625. doi:10.1642/AUK-15-240.1. ISSN 0004-8038. S2CID 88747285.


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