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'''''Cathartornis''''' is an ancient bird of the [[Teratornithidae]] family. It lived somewhere between 23 million years ([[Miocene|Miocene Epoch]]) and 10,000 years ([[Pleistocene|Pleistocene Epoch]]) ago. The only evidence of the bird's existence is a few bones. Its remains were documented in 1910.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id426507/ |title=BioLib - Cathartornis gracilis |publisher=Biolib.cz |date=2007-11-19 |accessdate=2010-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal = The Condor |first = Hildegarde |last = Howard |title = The Incredible Teratorn Again |jstor=1366594 | volume=74 | issue = 3 | date = Autumn 1972 |url = https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v074n03/p0341-p0344.pdf | pages=341–344 | doi=10.2307/1366594 }}</ref> ''Cathartornis'' was described on the basis of 2 [[Tarsometatarsus|tarsometatarsi]], 1 complete and 1 containing only the distal end, recovered from the [[Pleistocene]] [[La Brea Tar Pits]] in [[Southern California]].<ref>Miller, L. (1911). ''The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea'' (Vol. 6, No. 1). The University Press.</ref> Since then, no other fossils have officially been referred to the taxon, though some fossils assigned to ''[[Teratornis]]'' could be from ''Cathartornis''<ref>DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL TAXA OF TERATORNITHIDAE (AVES: ACCIPITRIFORMES), INCLUDING TERATORNIS MILLER 1909 AND ITS SPECIES T. MERRIAMI AND T. WOODBURNENSIS</ref> and unpublished remains have been mentioned.<ref>Campbell, K. E., & Stenger, A. T. (2002). A new teratorn (Aves; Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon.</ref> |
'''''Cathartornis''''' ("''[[Cathartes]]'' Bird") is an ancient bird of the [[Teratornithidae]] family. It lived somewhere between 23 million years ([[Miocene|Miocene Epoch]]) and 10,000 years ([[Pleistocene|Pleistocene Epoch]]) ago. The only evidence of the bird's existence is a few bones. Its remains were documented in 1910.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id426507/ |title=BioLib - Cathartornis gracilis |publisher=Biolib.cz |date=2007-11-19 |accessdate=2010-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |journal = The Condor |first = Hildegarde |last = Howard |title = The Incredible Teratorn Again |jstor=1366594 | volume=74 | issue = 3 | date = Autumn 1972 |url = https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v074n03/p0341-p0344.pdf | pages=341–344 | doi=10.2307/1366594 }}</ref> ''Cathartornis'' was described on the basis of 2 [[Tarsometatarsus|tarsometatarsi]], 1 complete and 1 containing only the distal end, recovered from the [[Pleistocene]] [[La Brea Tar Pits]] in [[Southern California]].<ref>Miller, L. (1911). ''The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea'' (Vol. 6, No. 1). The University Press.</ref> Since then, no other fossils have officially been referred to the taxon, though some fossils assigned to ''[[Teratornis]]'' could be from ''Cathartornis''<ref>DIAGNOSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL TAXA OF TERATORNITHIDAE (AVES: ACCIPITRIFORMES), INCLUDING TERATORNIS MILLER 1909 AND ITS SPECIES T. MERRIAMI AND T. WOODBURNENSIS</ref> and unpublished remains have been mentioned.<ref>Campbell, K. E., & Stenger, A. T. (2002). A new teratorn (Aves; Teratornithidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Oregon.</ref> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cathartiformes |
| Family: | †Teratornithidae |
| Genus: | †Cathartornis L. H. Miller, 1910 |
| Species: | †C. gracilis
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| †Cathartornis gracilis L. H. Miller, 1910
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Cathartornis ("Cathartes Bird") is an ancient bird of the Teratornithidae family. It lived somewhere between 23 million years (Miocene Epoch) and 10,000 years (Pleistocene Epoch) ago. The only evidence of the bird's existence is a few bones. Its remains were documented in 1910.[1][2] Cathartornis was described on the basis of 2 tarsometatarsi, 1 complete and 1 containing only the distal end, recovered from the Pleistocene La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California.[3] Since then, no other fossils have officially been referred to the taxon, though some fossils assigned to Teratornis could be from Cathartornis[4] and unpublished remains have been mentioned.[5]
References
- ^ "BioLib - Cathartornis gracilis". Biolib.cz. 2007-11-19. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ Howard, Hildegarde (Autumn 1972). "The Incredible Teratorn Again" (PDF). The Condor. 74 (3): 341–344. doi:10.2307/1366594. JSTOR 1366594.
- ^ Miller, L. (1911). The condor-like vultures of Rancho La Brea (Vol. 6, No. 1). The University Press.
- ^ 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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