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Genus of birds

Gymnogyps
California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Gymnogyps
Lesson, 1842
Species

Gymnogyps is a genus of New World vultures in the family Cathartidae. There are five known species in the genus, with only one being extant, the California condor.

Fossil species

References

  1. Nadin, Elisabeth (26 October 2007). "Tracing the Roots of the California Condor". Caltech News. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  2. ^ Syverson, Valerie J.; Prothero, Donald R. (2010). "Evolutionary Patterns in Late Quaternary California Condors" (PDF). PalArch's Journal of Vertebrate Palaeontology. 7 (1). PalArch Foundation: 1–18. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  3. ^ Suárez, W.; Emslie, S.D. (2003). "New fossil material with a redescription of the extinct condor Gymnogyps varonai (Arredondo, 1971) from the Quaternary of Cuba (Aves: Vulturidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (1): 29–37.
  4. Emslie, Steven D. (June 1988). "The Fossil History and Phylogenetic Relationships of Condors (Ciconiiformes: Vulturidae) in the New World". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 8 (2): 212–228. Bibcode:1988JVPal...8..212E. doi:10.1080/02724634.1988.10011699. JSTOR 4523192.
  5. Iturralde Vinent, M.A.; MacPhee, R.D.E.; Díaz Franco, S.; Rojas Consuegra, R.; Suárez, W.; Lomba, A. (2000). "Las Breas de San Felipe, a quaternary fossiliferous asphalt seep near Martí (Matanzas Province, Cuba)" (PDF). Caribbean Journal of Science. 36 (3–4): 300–313. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
Genera of eagles, condors and their extinct allies
Accipitriformes
Cathartiformes
incertae sedis
Teratornithidae
Cathartidae
Accipitriformes sensu stricto
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Accipitriformes sensu stricto
Horusornithidae
Pandionidae
Sagittariidae
Accipitridae
incertae sedis
Aegypiinae
Accipitrinae
Aquilinae
Archaehieraxinae
Buteoninae
Buteonini
Milvini
Circaetinae
Circinae
Elaninae
Gypaetinae
Haliaeetinae
Harpaginae
Harpiinae
Lophospizinae
Melieraxinae
Perninae
Sagittarius serpentarius Accipiter gentilis
Taxon identifiers
Gymnogyps
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