| Pleistovultur Temporal range:Late Pleistocene to EarlyHolocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | †Pleistovultur Alvarenga et al., 2008 |
| Species: | †P. nevesi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pleistovultur nevesi Alvarenga et al., 2008 | |
Pleistovultur is anextinctgenus of large New World vulture from theLate Pleistocene or EarlyHolocene ofSouth America. The type speciesP. nevesi was described based in a complete and well preserved right tibiotarsus from the Cuvieri cave deposits inLagoa Santa region inMinas Gerais state,Brazil. It was larger thanSarcoramphus papa, but smaller thanVultur gryphus.[1]
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