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 Azerbaijan and an unnamed fossil species from middle Pleistocene China. [1]
References
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2024PalJ…58..475G. doi:10.1134/S0031030124600367.