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In the plains of Los Angeles, Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean), three American neophrontops (Neophrontops americanus) and a La Brea condor (Breagyps clarki) competes for their food: the flesh of the corpse of an Ancient bison (Bison antiquus).

Neophrontops is a vulture belongs to the family Accipitridae, some Eurasian and African species of the family were called "Old World vultures". Neophrontops was most closely related to the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) and the Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) from Eurasia and Africa. The genus contains six species, ranging from Miocene to Pleistocene. N. americanus is the latest surviving species which survived to the Late Pleistocene. Neophrontops is not alone, it lived contemporary alongside other species of Old World vultures such as the Errant eagle (Neogyps errans). Today there is no known Old World vultures known from the Americas, Neophrontops and Neogyps were the last survivors.

La Brea condor (Breagyps clarki) is a New World vulture (family Cathartidae) known from the Late Pleistocene of Southwestern USA. The family Cathartidae is another family of raptor distantly related to the Old World vultures, they were American natives which thrived throughout the Paleogene to recent. Other species of New World vultures also lived contemporary with them such as the Western black vulture (Coragyps occidentalis) and the California condor relative Gymnogyps amplus.

Description
In the plains of Los Angeles, Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean), three American neophrontops (Neophrontops americanus) and a La Brea condor (Breagyps clarki) competes for their food: the flesh of the corpse of an Ancient bison (Bison antiquus).

Neophrontops is a vulture belongs to the family Accipitridae, some Eurasian and African species of the family were called "Old World vultures". Neophrontops was most closely related to the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) and the Bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) from Eurasia and Africa. The genus contains six species, ranging from Miocene to Pleistocene. N. americanus is the latest surviving species which survived to the Late Pleistocene. Neophrontops is not alone, it lived contemporary alongside other species of Old World vultures such as the Errant eagle (Neogyps errans). Today there is no known Old World vultures known from the Americas, Neophrontops and Neogyps were the last survivors.

La Brea condor (Breagyps clarki) is a New World vulture (family Cathartidae) known from the Late Pleistocene of Southwestern USA. The family Cathartidae is another family of raptor distantly related to the Old World vultures, they were American natives which thrived throughout the Paleogene to recent. Other species of New World vultures also lived contemporary with them such as the Western black vulture (Coragyps occidentalis) and the California condor relative Gymnogyps amplus.