Cryptogyps Mather, Lee & Worthy, 2022
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Mather, E. K.; Lee, M. S. Y.; Worthy, T. H. (2022). A new look at an old Australian raptor places “Taphaetus” lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5168(1): 1-23.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Accipitriformes
- family
- Accipitridae
- genus
- Cryptogyps
etymology
Etymology: The name is derived from a combination of the Ancient Greek words ‘ kryptós ’ (hidden) and ‘ gýps ’ (vulture), in reference to the fact that this taxon was known for over 100 years but was generally believed to be an eagle. Cryptogyps also relates to the word ‘ crypt’, a word used to describe an underground burial chamber, referencing the discovery of the new material in caves. Revised diagnosis: A large accipitrid, similar in size to Aquila audax, with humeri differing from all other Accipitridae by the following combination of characters: (1) a prominent dorsal convexity of the facies between the tuberculum supracondylare dorsale and the epicondylus dorsalis; (2) a strongly dorsally projecting tuberculum supracondylare dorsale; (3) a distinct and deepened attachment for the origin of m. extensor digitorum communi; (4) a large, shallow, circular attachment scar for the origin of the proximal head of m. pronator superficialis (= pronator brevis); (5) t he epicondylus ventralis is strongly projected ventrally as a craniocaudally elongate peak; (6) t he processus flexorius is distally short, ending proximal to the distal margin of the condylus ventralis; (7) and it has a narrow sulcus / groove for the dorsal belly of the m. humerotricipitalis.
type_taxon
Type species: ‘ Taphaetus’ lacertosus de Vis, 1905: Annals of the Queensland Museum 6: 4, pl. 1, fig. 1.
Name
Bibliographic References
- Mather, E. K.; Lee, M. S. Y.; Worthy, T. H. (2022). A new look at an old Australian raptor places “Taphaetus” lacertosus de Vis 1905 in the Old World vultures (Accipitridae: Aegypiinae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5168(1): 1-23.