†Pliogyps Tordoff 1959 (New World vulture)
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Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae
Parent taxon: Cathartidae according to H. B. Tordoff 1959
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Breagyps, Cathartes, Cathartidarum, Cathartinae, Coragyps, Dryornis, Gymnogyps, Kuntur, Sarcoramphus, Tapinopus, Vultur, Vulturinae
Subtaxa: Pliogyps charon Pliogyps fisheri
Type: Pliogyps fisheri
Ecology: volant carnivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: Kansas collection)
• Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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