Neophrontops americanus Miller 1916 (Old World vulture)

Aves - Accipitriformes - Accipitridae

Full reference: L. H. Miller. 1916. Two vulturid raptors from the Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 9(9):105-109

Belongs to Neophrontops according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Lambrecht 1933, Miller and DeMay 1942, Rich 1977, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Neophrontops dakotensis, Neophrontops slaughteri, Neophrontops vallecitoensis, Neophrontops vetustus

Type specimen: UCMP 22402, a limb element (tarsometatarsus)

Ecology: volant carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (6: California, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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