†Neocathartes grallator Wetmore 1944 (bird)
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Aves - Gruiformes - Bathornithidae
Full reference: A. Wetmore. 1944. A new terrestrial vulture from the Upper Eocene deposits of Wyoming. Annals of Carnegie Museum 30:57-69
Belongs to Neocathartes according to A. Wetmore 1960
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CMNH 9377 , a partial skeleton (skull and postcrania). Its type locality is Washakie bathornithid, which is in an Uintan fluvial sandstone in the Washakie Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Neocathartes grallator in the database
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