Neophrontops
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Late Pleistocene
Neophrontops americanus fossil
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Subfamily: Gypaetinae
Genus: †Neophrontops
Miller, 1916
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Neophrontops is an extinct genus of Old World vulture. Despite being taxonomically an "Old World" vulture, specifically a member of the subfamily Gypaetinae, it was native to North America, with six species having been named, spanning from the Early Miocene to the Late Pleistocene. All except N. americanus are only known from fragmentary remains, though well preserved remains are known from the late Middle-Late Pleistocene aged La Brea Tar Pits of Southern California.[1][2]

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References

  1. ^ Zhang, Zihui; Feduccia, Alan; James, Helen F. (2012-11-09). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "A Late Miocene Accipitrid (Aves: Accipitriformes) from Nebraska and Its Implications for the Divergence of Old World Vultures". PLOS ONE. 7 (11): e48842. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048842. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3494718. PMID 23152811.
  2. ^ a b c d Sánchez-Marco, Antonio (2022-03-20). "Two new Gypaetinae (Accipitridae, Aves) from the late Miocene of Spain". Historical Biology. 34 (8): 1534–1543. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2053117. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 247605500.
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