Eudyptula Bonaparte 1856 (penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae

Parent taxon: Spheniscidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Baird 1992, Carroll 1988, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Simpson 1946, Thomas et al. 2023 and Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003

Sister taxa: Anthropodyptes, Anthropornithinae, Aptenodytes, Apterodytes ictus, Arthrodytes, Dege, Delphinornis gracilis, Eudyptes, Ichtyopteryx, Inguza, Madrynornis, Marambiornopsis, Marplesornis, Megadyptes, Neculus, Nucleornis, Orthopteryx, Orthopteryx gigas, Palaeeudyptes, Palaeeudyptinae, Palaeoapterodytes, Paraptenodytes, Pseudaptenodytes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscinae, Spheniscus, Tereingaornis

Subtaxa: Eudyptula minor Eudyptula wilsonae

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), New Zealand (9)

• Pliocene of New Zealand (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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