Aegypius jinniushanensis

Aegypius jinniushanensis
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aegypius
Species:
A. jinniushanensis
Binomial name
Aegypius jinniushanensis
Zhang et al., 2012

Aegypius jinniushanensis is an extinct Old World vulture which existed in what is now China during the Middle Pleistocene period. It was described by Zihui Zhang, Yunping Huang, Helen F. James and Lianhai Hou in 2012.[1]

  1. ^ Zihui Zhang; Yunping Huang; Helen F. James & Lianhai Hou (2012). "Two Old World vultures from the middle Pleistocene of northeastern China and their implications for interspecific competition and biogeography of Aegypiinae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (1): 117–124. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32..117Z. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.624146. S2CID 85765495.