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Phasmagyps, the Glossary

Index Phasmagyps

Phasmagyps, is an extinct genus of New World vulture in the family Cathartidae, known from one Oligocene fossil found in Colorado.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Alexander Wetmore, Black vulture, Boulder, Colorado, Chadron Formation, Chadronian, Colorado, Condyle, Etymology, Extinction, Genus, Gyps, Holotype, New World, New World vulture, Oligocene, Pierre Shale, Storrs L. Olson, Tibiotarsus, Type (biology), University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Vulture, Weld County, Colorado.

  2. Cathartidae
  3. Fossil taxa described in 1927
  4. New World vultures
  5. Paleogene birds of North America
  6. Taxa named by Alexander Wetmore

Alexander Wetmore

Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 – December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist.

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Black vulture

The black vulture (Coragyps atratus), also known as the American black vulture, Mexican vulture, zopilote, urubu, or gallinazo, is a bird in the New World vulture family whose range extends from the southeastern United States to Perú, Central Chile and Uruguay in South America. Phasmagyps and black vulture are Cathartidae and New World vultures.

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Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is a home rule city in and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

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Chadron Formation

Chadron Formation is a rock formation in North Dakota, South Dakota, northwestern Nebraska, and eastern Wyoming.

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Chadronian

The Chadronian age within the North American Land Mammal Ages chronology is the North American faunal stage typically set from 38,000,000 to 33,900,000 years BP, a period of.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Condyle

A condyle (condylus, from kondylos; κόνδυλος knuckle) is the round prominence at the end of a bone, most often part of a joint – an articulation with another bone.

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Etymology

Etymology (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the scientific study of words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Gyps

Gyps is a genus of Old World vultures that was proposed by Marie Jules César Savigny in 1809.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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New World

The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.

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New World vulture

Cathartidae, known commonly as New World vultures or condors, are a family of birds of prey consisting of seven extant species in five genera. Phasmagyps and New World vulture are Cathartidae and New World vultures.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Pierre Shale

The Pierre Shale is a geologic formation or series in the Upper Cretaceous which occurs east of the Rocky Mountains in the Great Plains, from Pembina Valley in Canada to New Mexico.

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Storrs L. Olson

Storrs Lovejoy Olson (April 3, 1944 – January 20, 2021) was an American biologist and ornithologist who spent his career at the Smithsonian Institution, retiring in 2008.

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Tibiotarsus

The tibiotarsus is the large bone between the femur and the tarsometatarsus in the leg of a bird.

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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated.

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University of Colorado Museum of Natural History

The University of Colorado Museum of Natural History is a museum of natural history in Boulder, Colorado.

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Vulture

A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.

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Weld County, Colorado

Weld County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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See also

Cathartidae

Fossil taxa described in 1927

New World vultures

Paleogene birds of North America

Taxa named by Alexander Wetmore

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmagyps