Teratornis

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Teratornis is an extinct genus of huge North American birds of prey—the best-known of the teratorns—of which, two species are known to have existed: Teratornis merriami and Teratornis woodburnensis. A large number of fossil and subfossil bones, representing more than 100 individuals, have been found in locations in California, Oregon, southern Nevada, Arizona, and Florida, though most are from the Californian La Brea Tar Pits. All remains are known from the Late Pleistocene except one partial skeleton from the Early Pleistocene Leisey Shell Pit near Charlotte Harbor, Florida.

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