†Cathartes fossilis Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (vulture)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71
Belongs to Cathartes according to F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat 1891
Sister taxa: Cathartes aura, Cathartes burrovianus, Cathartes melambrotus
Type specimen: Museo de La Plata, a limb element. Its type locality is Lujan, which is in a Lujanian terrestrial horizon in the Lujan Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lujan
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