Species profile
Cryptogyps lacertosus
Cryptogyps lacertosus
Quick answer
Type locality: Kalamurina, Warburton River, Kati Thanda – Lake Eyre Basin, SA. Collected by John W. Gregory in April 1902 (de Vis 1905). Stratigraphy and Geological age: Katipiri Formation; mid- to late Pleistocene; the fossils are assumed to have derived from fluvial sediments that outcrop in the banks of the river at this point. The associated fauna comprises the Kalamurina Fauna and is typical of the late Pleistocene (Tedford & Wells 1990; Tedford et al. 1992).
- Scientific name
- Cryptogyps lacertosus
- Family
- Ardeidae
- Order
- Pelecaniformes
- Genus
- Cryptogyps
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