Wingegyps
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| Wingegyps Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Wingegyps
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W. cartellei
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| Wingegyps cartellei |
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Wingegyps is an extinct genus of tiny condor from the 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]
The genus is named after Danish ornithologist Oluf Winge, who first described the remains in 1888, without atributing a new scientific name.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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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