Caracara prelutosa Howard, 1938

Early caracara, Rancho La Brea caracara

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Polyborus prelutosus Howard, 1938; Caracara cheriway prelutosus Howard, 1938

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

Distribution

New Mexico, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Holotype: SBMNH 191 (fragment of right ramus)

Type locality: "an unknown layer in late Pleistocene sands at the east end of Cuyler Harbor [Channel Islands, California]."

Referred material:

SBMNH 425 (fragment of left ramus)

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Howard, Hildegarde. (1938). The Rancho La Brea caracara: a new species. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487: 217-240.

Other references:

Casto, S. D. (2002). Extinct and extirpated birds of Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society 35: 17-24.

Harris, Arthur H. (1993). Quaternary vertebrates of New Mexico, pp. 179-197. In: Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 2:i-vii, 1-338.

Hertel, Fritz. (1995). Ecomorphological indicators of feeding behavior in recent and fossil raptors. The Auk 112(4): 890-903.

Howard, Hildegarde. (1971). Quaternary avian remains from Dark Canyon Cave, New Mexico. Condor 73: 237–240.

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

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