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Pygoscelis
Taxonomy
Pygoscelis was named by Wagler (1832). It is extant.
It was assigned to Spheniscinae by Simpson (1946); and to Spheniscidae by Carroll (1988), Acosta Hospitaleche et al. (2006), Walsh and Suarez (2006), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Spheniscinae by Simpson (1946); and to Spheniscidae by Carroll (1988), Acosta Hospitaleche et al. (2006), Walsh and Suarez (2006), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Pygoscelis Wagler |
| 1841 | Catarrhactes Hombron and Jacquinot |
| 1946 | Pygoscelis Simpson p. 41 |
| 1988 | Pygoscelis Carroll |
| 2006 | Pygoscelis Acosta Hospitaleche et al. |
| 2006 | Pygoscelis Walsh and Suarez p. 117 |
| 2008 | Pygoscelis Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi p. 122 |
| 2014 | Pygoscelis del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Pygoscelis Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Pygoscelis Wagler 1832
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Pygoscelis adeliae Hombon and Jacquinot 1841 [Adelie penguin]
Pygoscelis antarcticus Forster 1781 [chinstrap penguin]
†Pygoscelis calderensis Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2006
†Pygoscelis grandis Walsh and Suarez 2006
Pygoscelis papua Forester 1781 [gentoo penguin]
†Pygoscelis tyreei Simpson 1972
Invalid names: Catarrhactes Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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| C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 2008 | “Spheniscinae” type |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Chile | P. calderensis (100171) | |
| Zanclean | Chile | P. grandis (69731) | |
| Nukumaruan | New Zealand | P. tyreei (74757) | |
| Holocene | Antarctica | P. adeliae (90111 215322) P. papua, P. adeliae, P. antarctica (177180) P. sp., P. papua, P. adeliae (177151) |