Gymnogyps amplus

Gymnogyps amplus is an extinct species of large New World vulture in the family Cathartidae. The species was first described by Loye H. Miller (1911)^[1] in 1911 from a partial tarsometatarsus^[2] recovered from Pleistocene cave deposits in Samwel Cave of northern California.^[3] Harvey I. Fisher (1944) designated a set of plesiotypes from the Rancho La Brea which includes a cranium, rostrum, and mandible.^[4]

Gymnogyps amplus Temporal range: Late Pleistocene – Holocene
Fossil skeleton from the La Brea Tar Pits
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Accipitriformes
Family:	Cathartidae
Genus:	Gymnogyps
Species:	†G. amplus
Binomial name
†Gymnogyps amplus L. H. Miller, 1911

Holotype Tarsometatarsus;
Samwel Cave, Shasta County, California

The species is the only condor species found in the La Brea Tar Pits' Pit 10, which fossils date to "a Holocene radiocarbon age of 9,000 years."^[4] The smaller, modern California condor may have evolved from G. amplus.^[4]