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Extinct genus of birds

Wingegyps
Temporal range: Late Pleistocene (Ensenadan-Lujanian)
~0.126–0.012 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
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.

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

References

  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.
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
Wingegyps cartellei
Wingegyps
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