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Aegypius prepyrenaicus Hernández Carrasquilla, 2001:48

Prepyrenees vulture

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Spain

Type locality: "Gabasa I., Gabasa, Huesca, Spain (42o 00'N, 0o 25' E)"

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: MNCN 37148 (right ulna)

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Hernández Carrasquilla, F. (2001). A new species of vulture (Aves, Aegypiinae) from the upper Pleistocene of Spain. Ardeola 48(1): 147-153.

 

Other references:

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

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