Vultur
| Vultur Temporal range: Early Pliocene - Recent
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| Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Vultur is a genus of New World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) and the fossil species Vultur messii from the early Pliocene of Argentina.[1]
References
- ^ Degrange, F. J.; Bonini, R. A.; Georgieff, S. M.; Ibañez, L. M. (2023). "A new fossil condor (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Early Pliocene of Catamarca province, Argentina". Historical Biology: An International Journal of Paleobiology: 1–6. doi:10.1080/08912963.2023.2288612. S2CID 266076044.