Aegypius Savigny 1809 (Old World vulture)
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Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae
Synonyms: Sarcogyps Lesson 1842, Torgos Kaup 1828
Parent taxon: Aegypiinae according to Z. Zhang et al. 2010
See also Amadon 1977, Clements et al. 2017, Mlikovsky 2002 and Walker and Dyke 2006
Sister taxa: Gansugyps, Neogyps, Neophrontops, Palaeoborus
Subtaxa: Aegypius monachus
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Monaco (1), Romania (1), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Tanzania (2)
• Miocene of Kenya (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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