Diatropornis fossil map
Where fossils of Diatropornis have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Prehistoric birds |
|---|---|
| Lived | 41.03–27.3 million years ago (Bartonian to Rupelian) |
| Periods | Paleogene |
| Family | Cathartidae |
| Named by | Milne-Edwards 1892 |
| Fossil records | 2 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | France |
| Rock formations | txn:99060 |
About Diatropornis
Diatropornis is an extinct genus of vultures dated to the period from late Eocene to early Oligocene. Diatropornis ellioti has a known location of
Phosphorites du Quercy and Boussac, in France. Milne-Edwards described the bird, at that stage known as Tapinopus ellioti, as having mainly a terrestrial rather than aerial existence, and had a diet of insects, small mammals, vertebrates, snakes and amphibians. Oberholser (1899) is also cited at the genus level with his renaming to Diatropornis.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Diatropornis (revision 1325102108), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q136323653.
