Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
---|---|
Trench # | CD-1 and CD-2 |
Name | JFM Bk. III |
Date Analyzed | 2013-07-09 |
Specialist Record ID | PC-05976 |
Further Analysis? | checked at MVZ, Berkeley, June 2014 |
NISP | 1 |
Common Name | Vulture |
Taxon | Gyps sp. |
Element | Ulna |
Skeletal Area | Forelimb, upper |
Part | proximal shaft |
% Preserved | Less than 25% preserved |
Side | Left |
Proximal Fused? | fused |
Comments | Matches MVZ specimen for Torgos tracheliotos, but no other vulture specimens available for comparison and Torgos is an African species. Probably Aegypius monachus (black vulture) or perhaps Gyps fulvus (griffon vulture) |
Suggested Citation
Sarah Whitcher Kansa. (2017) "PC-05976 from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Civitate D/Civitate D 1/1979, ID:244". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/147d5839-e23c-4449-9887-5039e2062085> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2w09c991
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