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Anchigyps

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Anchigyps
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Anchigyps
Species:
A. voorhiesi
Binomial name
Anchigyps voorhiesi
Zhang et. al., 2012

Anchigyps is an extinct genus of accipitrid that lived during the Late Miocene.

Distribution

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Anchigyps voorhiesi is known from the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zhang, Zihui; Feduccia, Alan; James, Helen F. (9 November 2012). Iwaniuk, Andrew (ed.). "A Late Miocene Accipitrid (Aves: Accipitriformes) from Nebraska and Its Implications for the Divergence of Old World Vultures". PLoS ONE. 7 (11): e48842. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048842. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3494718. PMID 23152811. Retrieved 24 February 2025 – via PLoS One.