| Phasmagyps Temporal range:
| |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cathartiformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | †Phasmagyps Wetmore, 1927 |
| Species: | †P. patritus
|
| Binomial name | |
| †Phasmagyps patritus Wetmore, 1927
| |
Phasmagyps, is an extinct genus of New World vulture in the family Cathartidae, known from one Oligocene fossil found in Colorado.[1] The genus contains a single described species, Phasmagyps patritus which is possibly the oldest New World vulture known,[2] though its placement in the family Cathartidae has been questioned.[3]
- ^ Wetmore, A. (1927). "Fossil Birds from the Oligocene of Colorado" (PDF). Proceedings of the Colorado Museum of Natural History. 7 (2): 1–14.
- ^ Stucchi, M.; Emslie, S.D. (2005). "A new condor (Ciconiiformes, Vulturidae) from the Late Miocene/Early Pliocene Pisco Formation, Peru" (PDF). The Condor. 107: 107–113. doi:10.1650/7475. S2CID 85805971.
- ^ Olson, S.L. (1985). The Fossil Record of Birds (PDF). Vol. Avian Biology. p. 191. Retrieved 3 December 2012.