Plesiocathartes europaeus Gaillard 1908 (bird)

Aves - Leptosomiformes

Full reference: C. Gaillard. 1908. Les oiseaux des phosphorites du Quercy [The birds from the Quercy phosphorites]. Annales de l'Université de Lyon, nouvelle séries. 1. Sciences, Médecine 23:1-178

Belongs to Plesiocathartes according to C. Gaillard 1908

See also Lambrecht 1933

Sister taxa: Plesiocathartes gaillardi, Plesiocathartes insolitipes, Plesiocathartes kelleri

Type specimen: Its type locality is Another French Paleogene vulture, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in France

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Another French Paleogene vulture

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