Wingegyps

Wingegyps; Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian); ~0.126–0.012 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cathartiformes
Family:	Cathartidae
Genus:	†Wingegyps; Alvarenga & Olson 2004
Species:	†W. cartellei
Binomial name
	†Wingegyps cartellei; Alvarenga & Olson 2004

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]

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

References edit

^ ^a ^b 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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