Australian vulture (IMAGE)

Flinders University

Australian vulture

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Size comparison of Wedge-tailed Eagle (upper left, silhouette based on photo by Vicki Nunn), and Cryptogyps lacertosus (upper right, based on silhouette of modern Gyps vulture). Comparisons of the tarsometatarsi of Wedge-tailed Eagle (lower right) and Cryptogyps (lower left), with position of tarsometatarsi shown in the leg (centre, based on illustration by Jollie, 1977). Artwork and photography by Ellen Mather, Flinders University Palaeontology Lab.

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Artwork and photography by Ellen Mather, Flinders University Palaeontology Lab.

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