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Gyps bochenskii

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Gyps bochenskii
Temporal range: Piacenzian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Gyps
Species:
G. bochenskii
Binomial name
Gyps bochenskii
Boev, 2010

Gyps bochenskii is an extinct species of old world vulture in the genus Gyps that lived during the Piacenzian stage of the Pliocene epoch.

Distribution

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Gyps bochenskii is known from the site of Varshets in Bulgaria.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Boev, Zlatozar Nikolaev (2010). "Gyps bochenskii sp. n. (Aves: Falconiformes) from the Late Pliocene of Varshets". Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 62: 211–242. Retrieved 29 March 2025 – via ResearchGate.