Pleistovultur nevesi Alvarenga et al. 2008
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene or Holocene
Distribution
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Alvarenga, H., Brito, G., Migotto, R., Hubbe, A. and Höflibg, E. (2008). Pleistovultur nevesi gen. et sp. nov. (Aves: Vulturidae) and the diversity of condors and vultures in the South American Pleistocene. Ameghiniana 45: 613-618.
Other references:
Nascimento, Rafael and Silveira, Luís Fábio. (2020). The Fossil Birds of Peter Lund. Zootaxa 4743(4): 480-510. [Abstract]
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)]