Wingegyps

Wingegyps is an extinct genus of tiny condor from the Late Pleistocene of South America. The type species W. cartellei was described from cave deposits in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil. It was close related to the genera Vultur and Gymnogyps, particularly the former.[1]

Wingegyps
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
~0.126–0.012 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: †Wingegyps
Alvarenga & Olson 2004
Species:
†W. cartellei
Binomial name
†Wingegyps cartellei

The genus is named after Danish ornithologist Oluf Winge, who first described the remains in 1888, without attributing a new scientific name.[1]

References
  1. Alvarenga, H. M. F.; Olson, S. L. (2004) A new genus of tiny condor from the Pleistocene of Brazil (Aves: Vulturidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117 (1): 1-9.


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