Taubatornis

Taubatornis
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (Deseadan)
~25 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cathartiformes
Family: †Teratornithidae
Genus: †Taubatornis
Olson & Alvarenga 2002
Species:
†T. campbelli
Binomial name
†Taubatornis campbelli

Taubatornis is an extinct genus of teratorn from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (Deseadan) Tremembé Formation, in the Taubaté Basin, São Paulo state, Brazil. The type species is T. campbelli.[1] It is the oldest known member of the family, about 25 million years old. The presence of a member of this family with this age supports the hypothesis of a South American origin for the Teratornithidae.[2]

  1. ^ Taubatornis at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Olson, Storrs L.; Alvarenga, Herculano M. F. (30 December 2002). "A new genus of small teratorn from the Middle Tertiary of the Taubaté Basin, Brazil (Aves: Teratornithidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 115 (4): 701–705. Retrieved 4 September 2017.