Aegypius prepyrenaicus

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Aegypius prepyrenaicus
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Aegypius
Species:
A. prepyrenaicus
Binomial name
Aegypius prepyrenaicus
Carrasquilla, 2001

Aegypius prepyrenaicus is an extinct Old World vulture which existed in what is now Spain during the Middle Pleistocene period. An ulna possibly referable to this species has been found in Gibraltar. It was described in 2001 by Hernandez Carrasquilla.

References

A new species of vulture (Aves, Aegypiinae) from the upper Pleistocene of Spain https://www.ardeola.org/uploads/articles/docs/468.pdf