Cathartes, Illiger, 1811

Suárez, William, 2020, The fossil avifauna of the tar seeps Las Breas de San Felipe, Matanzas, Cuba, Zootaxa 4780 (1), pp. 1-53 : 14

Cathartes sp.

Referred material. San Felipe I: Right tibiotarsus without proximal end, MNHNCu 75.4750; distal ends of right tibiotarsi, MNHNCu 75.4749, MNHNCu 75.4754; distal end of left tibiotarsus, MNHNCu 75.4748; proximal half of right tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4752; proximal ends of right tarsometatarsi, MNHNCu 75.4745, 75.4753; distal half of right tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4746; proximal half of left tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4747; distal half of left tarsometatarsus, MNHNCu 75.4751. San Felipe II: Incomplete left coracoid, MNHNCu 75.4755 .

Comments. The material here referred to Cathartes sp., together with some specimens from cave deposits, represents a new species which will be compared, described, and named in a separate paper (Suárez & Olson in prep.). This constitutes the first record of this taxon for Las Breas de San Felipe. Fossils of this small vulture are also known from cave deposits located in the western part of the Cuban archipelago ( Suárez 2000a, 2001; Suárez & Olson in prep.).