Scientists in Argentina discover a new species of condor
10/17/2017 02:30:00 PM
The researcher of the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences (MACN-CONICET) Federico Agnolin commented to the Agencia CTyS-UNLaM that "this discovery is unique for Argentina, because it is the first time that a well preserved specimen of an extinct condor has been found and, until now, its existence was unknown."
This new type of condor was baptized as Pampagyps imperator. "His name means something like emperor vulture of the Pampas", said Agnolin, lead author of the study that is going to be published in the Journal of the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences. After that, he added: "It was a large condor, which may have reached up to three meters wide with open wings".
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