Brasilogyps
| Brasilogyps Temporal range: Late Oligocene or Early Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cathartiformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | †Brasilogyps Alvarenga, 1985 |
| Species: | †B. faustoi
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| †Brasilogyps faustoi Alvarenga, 1985
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Brasilogyps is an extinct genus of New World vulture from the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene of the Tremembé Formation, Taubaté Basin, São Paulo state, Brazil. The type species is B. faustoi. It is related to Coragyps and slightly larger than C. occidentalis.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Alvarenga, H. M. F. (1985) Notas sobre os Cathartidae (Aves) e Descrição de um Novo Gênero Cenozóico Brasileiro. Anais da Academia brasileira de Ciências 57 (3): 349-357.
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