Sarcorhamphus fossilis Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (king vulture)

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 Sarcorhamphus according to F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat 1891

See also Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Sarcoramphus fischeri, Sarcoramphus kernensis, Sarcoramphus papa, Sarcorhamphus patruus

Type specimen: Museo de La Plata. 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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