Reptilia - Falconiformes - Cathartidae

Belongs to Argentavis according to K. C. Campbell and E. C. Tonni 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MLP 65-VIII-29-49, a partial skeleton (portion of skull, fragmentary humerus and other limb bones). Its type locality is Salinas Grandes de Hidalgo, which is in a Huayquerian terrestrial horizon in the Epecuén Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: volant carnivore