Anchigyps

Anchigyps; Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Accipitridae
Genus:	† Anchigyps
Species:	†A. voorhiesi
Binomial name
	†Anchigyps voorhiesi; Zhang et. al., 2012

Last updated July 29, 2025

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

Distribution

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

References

↑ 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.

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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.

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