Aegypius prepyrenaicus | |
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A restored sketch sheet of Aegypius prepyrenaicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Accipitriformes |
Family: | Accipitridae |
Subfamily: | Aegypiinae |
Genus: | Aegypius |
Species: | †A. prepyrenaicus |
Binomial name | |
†Aegypius prepyrenaicus Carrasquilla, 2001 |
Aegypius prepyrenaicus is an extinct Old World vulture which existed in what is now Spain during the Middle Pleistocene period. An ulna possibly referable to this species has been found in Gibraltar. It was described in 2001 by Hernandez Carrasquilla.