Dryornis

Dryornis
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Santacrucian)–Early Pliocene (Zanclean) 23.03–3.8 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Dryornis
Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
Type species
Dryornis pampeanus
Moreno & Mercerat, 1891
Other species
  • D. hatcheri Degrange, 2022

Dryornis (meaning "tree bird"), also called the Argentinian vulture, is an extinct genus of cathartid (New World vulture), known from Argentina.[1] The genus contains two species, D. pampeanus and D. hatcheri.[2]

  1. ^ Campbell, Michael O'Neal (June 26, 2015). Vultures: Their Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4822-2362-0. OCLC 898155265.
  2. ^ Degrange, Federico J. (2022-02-14). "A new species of Dryornis (Aves, Cathartiformes) from the Santa Cruz Formation (lower Miocene), Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (5): e2008411. doi:10.1080/02724634.2021.2008411. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 246833070.