†Coragyps occidentalis Miller 1909 (New World vulture)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Alternative combination: Catharista occidentalis
Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1909. Teratornis, a new avian genus from Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(21):305-317
Belongs to Coragyps according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller 1909, Miller and DeMay 1942, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Coragyps atratus, Coragyps shastensis
Type specimen: UCMP 12509, a partial skeleton
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (8: California, Florida, New Mexico collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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