Phasmagyps Wetmore 1927 (vulture)

Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Parent taxon: Vulturidae according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Galbreath 1953, Lambrecht 1933, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Aizengyps, Diatopornis, Diatropornis, Geronogyps, Hadrogyps, Palaeogyps, Pampagyps, Perugyps, Wingegyps

Subtaxa: Phasmagyps patritus

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Type: Phasmagyps patritus

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Trigonias Quarry (Eocene of Colorado)

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