†Platydyptes marplesi Simpson 1971 (penguin)
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Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1971. A review of the pre-Pliocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144(5):319-378
Belongs to Platydyptes according to G. Mayr 2009
See also Fordyce 1991 and Simpson 1971
Sister taxa: Platydyptes amiesi, Platydyptes novaezealandiae
Type specimen: OM C.47.15, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand), which is in a Duntroonian offshore shelf limestone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand)
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