Ukugyps

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Ukugyps
Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Cathartidae
Genus: Ukugyps
Species:
U. orcesi
Binomial name
Ukugyps orcesi
Lo Coco et. al., 2024

Ukugyps is an extinct genus of vulture from the family of cathartids, with a single species that lived during the Pleistocene epoch in what is today South America in Ecuador.

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