Palaeoborus Coues 1884 (Old World vulture)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Parent taxon: Aegypiinae according to A. H. Miller and L. V. Compton 1939

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aegypius, Gansugyps, Neogyps, Neophrontops

Subtaxa: Palaeoborus howardae Palaeoborus rosatus Palaeoborus umbrosus

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Type: Cathartes umbrosus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: New Mexico, South Dakota collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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