Cryptogyps lacertosus (de Vis, 1905:pl. 1, fig. 1)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Taphaetus lacertosus de Vis, 1905:pl. 1, fig. 1
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
South Australia, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
QM F5507 (distal right humerus) (Mather et al., 2023)
AM F.58092 (distal left and right humeri fragments)
AM F.58093 (left tarsometatarsus)
WAM 15.9.71 (proximal left tarsometatarsus)
For more referred material to this species see (Mather et al., 2023)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
de Vis, Charles W. (1905). A contribution to the knowledge of the extinct avifauna of Australia. Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 1-25, pls. 1-9.
Other references:
Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y., Fusco, Diana A., Hellstrom, John and Worthy, Trevor H. (2023). Pleistocene raptors from cave deposits of South Australia, with a description of a new species of Dynatoaetus (Accipitridae: Aves): morphology, systematics and palaeoecological implications. Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2023.2268780
Mather, Ellen K., Lee, Michael S. Y. and Worthy, Trevor H. (2022). A new look at an old Australian raptor places “Taphaetus” lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). Zootaxa 5168(1): 1-23. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.1
van Tets, G. F. (1974). Was ‘Taphaetus’ lacertosus De Vis a fishing eagle, Icthyophaga Lesson? Emu 74: 58. https://doi.org/10.1071/MU974058a
van Tets, G. F. and Vickers-Rich, Patricia. (1990). An evaluation of de Vis’ fossil birds. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28: 165-168.