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Teratornis incredibilis Howard, 1952

Incredible teratorn

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Aiolornis incredibilis (Howard, 1952)

 

Suárez & Emslie (2023) consider the genus Aiolornis which was erected by (Campbell et al., 1999) for T. incredibilis to be problematic.

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

USA

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Howard, Hildegarde. (1952). The prehistoric avifauna of Smith Creek Cave, Nevada, with a description of a new gigantic raptor. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 51(2): 50-54.

 

Other references:

Campbell, K. E, Scott, E. and Springer, K. B. (1999). A new genus for the Incredible Teratorn (Aves: Teratornithidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 89: 169-175.

Emslie, Steven D. (1995). An early Irvingtonian avifauna from Leisey Shell Pit, Florida. Bull. Fla. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37(1): 299-344.

Howard, H. 1963. Fossil birds from the Anza-Borrego Desert. Los Angeles County Museum, Contributions in Science 73:1-33.

Howard, Hildegarde. (1972). The Incredible Teratorn Again. Condor 74(3): 341-344.

Miranda, Melissa. (2023). Estimating historic ranges of extinct scavenging birds in North America during the Late Pleistocene: using co-occurrence data from the fossil record. MSc essay, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg.

Sayol, Ferran, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Blackburn, Tim M., Antonelli, Alexandre and Faurby, Søren. (2020). Anthropogenic extinctions conceal widespread evolution of flightlessness in birds. Science Advances 6(49): eabb6095. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abb6095 [Supplementary Material (Data File S1)]

Suárez, William and Emslie, Steven D. (2023). On the correct publication date for the extinct avian family Teratornithidae L. Miller. Zootaxa 5227(1): 143-146. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.8

Tyrberg, Tommy. (2008). The Late Pleistocene Continental Avian extinction – an evaluation of the fossil evidence. Oryctos 7: 249-269.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/21850/teratornis-incredibilis

 

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