Cathartornis ("Cathartes Bird") is an ancient bird of the Teratornithidae family. The genus contains a single species, Cathartornis gracilis, known from only two tarsometatarsi, one complete and one containing only the distal end, recovered from the Late Pleistocene La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California.[1][2] Since then, no other fossils have officially been referred to the taxon, though some fossils assigned to Teratornis could be from Cathartornis[3] and unpublished remains have been mentioned.[4]
References
- ↑ Miller, L. (1911). The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea (Vol. 6, No. 1). The University Press.
- ↑ Campbell, Kenneth, Scott, Eric & Springer, Kathleen (1999). "A new genus for the incredible teratorn". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 89: 169–175 – via ResearchGate.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL TAXA OF TERATORNITHIDAE (AVES: ACCIPITRIFORMES), INCLUDING TERATORNIS MILLER 1909 AND ITS SPECIES T. MERRIAMI AND T. WOODBURNENSIS
- ↑ Campbell, K. E., & Stenger, A. T. (2002). A new teratorn (Aves; Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon.
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