Torgos Explained

Torgos is a genus of Old World vulture that contains two species, an extant species, the lappet-faced vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) and the fossil species Torgos platycephalus from the late Pleistocene of Azerbajian and an unnamed fossil species from middle Pleistocene China. [1]

Notes and References

  1. Gorbatcheva . V. O. . Zelenkov . N. V. . 2024 . A Vulture of the Genus Torgos (Aves: Accipitridae) in the Late Pleistocene of Azerbaijan . Paleontological Journal . 58 . 4 . 475–482 . 10.1134/S0031030124600367 . 2024PalJ...58..475G .