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Cryptogyps lacertosus (de Vis, 1905:pl. 1, fig. 1)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Taphaetus lacertosus de Vis, 1905:pl. 1, fig. 1

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

South Australia, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

QM F5507 (distal right humerus) (Mather et al., 2023)

AM F.58092 (distal left and right humeri fragments)

AM F.58093 (left tarsometatarsus)

WAM 15.9.71 (proximal left tarsometatarsus)

 

For more referred material to this species see (Mather et al., 2023)

 

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References

Original scientific description:

de Vis, Charles W. (1905). A contribution to the knowledge of the extinct avifauna of Australia. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 1-25, pls. 1-9.

 

Other references:

Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y., Fusco, Diana A., Hellstrom, John and Worthy, Trevor H. (2023). Pleistocene raptors from cave deposits of South Australia, with a description of a new species of Dynatoaetus (Accipitridae: Aves): morphology, systematics and palaeoecological implications. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2268780

Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y. and Worthy, Trevor H. (2022). A new look at an old Australian raptor places “Taphaetuslacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). Zootaxa 5168(1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.1

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

van Tets, G. F. (1974). Was ‘Taphaetuslacertosus De Vis a fishing eagle, Icthyophaga Lesson? Emu 74: 58. https://doi.org/10.1071/MU974058a

van Tets, G. F. and Vickers-Rich, Patricia. (1990). An evaluation of de Vis’ fossil birds. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 165-168.

https://theconversation.com/it-was-long-thought-these-fossils-came-from-an-eagle-turns-out-they-belong-to-the-only-known-vulture-species-from-australia-187017

 

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