Vinchinavis

Vinchinavis; Temporal range: Messinian 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:	† Vinchinavis
Species:	†V. paka
Binomial name
	†Vinchinavis paka; Tambussi et. al., 2021

Last updated October 05, 2025

Vinchinavis is an extinct genus of eagle that lived during the Messinian stage of the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

Vinchinavis paka fossils are known from the Toro Negro Formation of Argentina.^[1]

References

↑ Tambussi, Claudia P.; Degrange, Federico J.; Ciccioli, Patricia L.; Prevosti, Francisco (January 2021). "Avian remains from the Toro Negro Formation (Neogene), Central Andes of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 105 102988. Bibcode:2021JSAES.10502988T. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102988. hdl: 11336/141200 . Retrieved 4 March 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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[1] Tambussi, Claudia P.; Degrange, Federico J.; Ciccioli, Patricia L.; Prevosti, Francisco (January 2021). "Avian remains from the Toro Negro Formation (Neogene), Central Andes of Argentina". Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 105 102988. Bibcode:2021JSAES.10502988T. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102988. hdl: 11336/141200 . Retrieved 4 March 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.

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