Hadrogyps aigialeus Emslie 1988 (vulture)

Aves - Cathartiformes - Cathartidae

Full reference: S. D. Emslie. 1988. An early condor-like vulture from North America. The Auk 105(3):529-535

Belongs to Hadrogyps according to S. D. Emslie 1988

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LACM 123996, a limb element (left tarsometatarsus missing portion of distal shaft). Its type locality is Sharktooth Hill, which is in a Langhian shoreface siltstone in the Temblor Formation of California.

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sharktooth Hill

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