| Pleistovultur Temporal range: Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Accipitriformes |
| Family: | Cathartidae |
| Genus: | † Pleistovultur Alvarenga et al., 2008 |
| Species: | †P. nevesi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pleistovultur nevesi Alvarenga et al., 2008 | |
Pleistovultur is an extinct genus of large New World vulture from the Late Pleistocene or Early Holocene of South America. The type species P. nevesi was described based in a complete and well preserved right tibiotarsus from the Cuvieri cave deposits in Lagoa Santa region in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. It was larger than Sarcoramphus papa , but smaller than Vultur gryphus . [1]
