Palaeospheniscus bergi Moreno and Mercerat 1891 (penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes

Alternative combination: Paraspheniscus bergi

Synonyms: Neculus rothi Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus concavus Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus gracilis Ameghino 1899, Palaeospheniscus interplanus Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus medianus Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus nereius Ameghino 1901, Palaeospheniscus planus Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus rothi Ameghino 1905, Paraspheniscus nereius Ameghino 1901, Pseudospheniscus concavus Ameghino 1905, Pseudospheniscus convexus Ameghino 1905, Pseudospheniscus interplanus Ameghino 1905, Pseudospheniscus planus Ameghino 1905

Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71

Belongs to Palaeospheniscus according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023

See also Acosta Hospitaleche 2007, Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi 2008, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1905, Brodkorb 1963, Lambrecht 1933, Simpson 1946, Simpson 1972 and Tonni 1980

Sister taxa: Palaeospheniscus biloculata, Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum, Palaeospheniscus patagonicus, Chubutodyptes biloculata

Type specimens:

  • Palaeospheniscus bergi: Museo de La Plata, a set of limb elements (humerus, radius, tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Cerro del Castillo, Trelew, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.
  • Neculus rothi:
  • Palaeospheniscus concavus:
  • Palaeospheniscus gracilis:
  • Palaeospheniscus interplanus:
  • Palaeospheniscus medianus:
  • Palaeospheniscus nereius:
  • Palaeospheniscus planus:
  • Palaeospheniscus rothi:
  • Pseudospheniscus convexus:
  • Pseudospheniscus planus:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 9 occurrences

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