Brasilogyps
| Brasilogyps Temporal range: Late Oligocene or Early Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | †Brasilogyps Alvarenga, 1985 |
| Species: | †B. faustoi
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| Binomial name | |
| †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 , , São Paulo state, Brazil. The type species is B. faustoi. It is related to Coragyps and slightly larger than C. occidentalis.[1]
References[]
- ^ 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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- Cathartidae
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- Oligocene animals of South America
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