A new Old World vulture (Falconiformes: Accipitridae) from the Miocene of Gansu Province, northwest China |
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| Authors: | Zihui Zhang Xiaoting Zheng Guangmei Zheng and Lianhai Hou |
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| Institution: | (1) College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, 100048 Beijing, China;(2) College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China;(3) Tianyu Natural Museum of Shandong, 273300 Pingyi, China;(4) Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PO Box 643, 100044 Beijing, China; |
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| Abstract: | A large-sized and almost complete fossil vulture was discovered from the Late Miocene Liushu Formation of Linxia Basin in
northwestern China. It is the best-preserved and the most complete fossil vulture yet discovered. The new genus and species
Gansugyps linxiaensis is proposed and assigned to the family Accipitridae; morphology and limb proportions suggest it was chiefly an arboreal and
soaring bird. It is more advanced than the other two known Miocene vultures from China. This new fossil increases our knowledge
of the evolutionary history of vultures, and has implications for reconstructing the paleoecology of this region. |
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