Gymnogyps Temporal range:Pleistocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Cathartidae
Genus:	Gymnogyps Lesson, 1842
Species
Gymnogyps californianus †Gymnogyps varonai †Gymnogyps amplus †Gymnogyps howardae †Gymnogyps kofordi

Gymnogyps is a genus ofNew World vultures in the familyCathartidae. There are five known species in the genus, with only one being extant, theCalifornia condor.

• Gymnogyps amplus was first described byL. H. Miller in1911 from a brokentarsometatarsus.^[1][2] The species is the only condor species found in theLa Brea Tar Pits' Pit 10, which fossils date to "aHoloceneradiocarbon age of 9,000 years."^[2] The smaller, modern California condor may have evolved fromG. amplus.^[2]

• Gymnogyps howardae^{[page needed]} was described from theLate Pleistocene (Lujanian)asphalt deposits known as theTalara Tar Seeps, nearTalara, northwesternPeru. It lived about 126,000-12,000 years ago.^[3]

• Gymnogyps kofordi^{[page needed]} was described from late Pleistocene Florida. Its holotype is a righttarsometatarsus, but additional remains including a partial skull have been referred to it.^[4][5]

• Gymnogyps varonai is known from fossils found in thelate Pleistocene to earlyHolocene tar seep deposits inCuba. It may have fed upon carcasses from large mammals such as ground sloths.^[3][6]
  

  

  Skulls ofG. californianus (left) and †G. kofordi (right), showing the latter's longer nares. †G. kofordi'srhamphotheca is not shown here. Also not shown here is the more robust postorbital process and more pronounced occipital region of †G. kofordi.

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