Neophrontops
| Neophrontops Temporal range: Pleistocene
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| Neophrontops americanus fossil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Accipitridae |
| Subfamily: | Gypaetinae |
| Genus: | †Neophrontops Miller, 1916 |
Neophrontops is an extinct genus of Old World vulture. Despite being taxonomically an "Old World" vulture, specifically a close relative of the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), in the subfamily Gypaetinae, it was native to North America, with fossils having been found in La Brea Tar Pits of southern California, dating to the Late Pleistocene.[1]
References
- ^ Zhang, Zihui; Feduccia, Alan; James, Helen F. (2012-11-09). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "A Late Miocene Accipitrid (Aves: Accipitriformes) from Nebraska and Its Implications for the Divergence of Old World Vultures". PLoS ONE. 7 (11): e48842. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048842. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3494718. PMID 23152811.
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