Brasilogyps Temporal range: Late OligoceneorEarly Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cathartiformes |
Family: | Cathartidae |
Genus: | †Brasilogyps Alvarenga, 1985 |
Species: |
†B. faustoi
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Binomial name | |
†Brasilogyps faustoi Alvarenga, 1985 |
Brasilogyps is an extinct genusofNew World vulture from the Late OligoceneorEarly Miocene of the Tremembé Formation, Taubaté Basin, São Paulo state, Brazil. The type species is B. faustoi. It is related to Coragyps and slightly larger than C. occidentalis.[1]
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