†subfamily Paraptenodytinae Simpson 1946 (penguin)
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1946. Fossil Penguins. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 87(1):1-100
Parent taxon: Sphenisciformes according to D. T. Ksepka et al. 2006
See also Acosta Hospitaleche 2005, Brodkorb 1963 and Simpson 1946
Sister taxa: Anthropornis, Aprosdokitos, Archaeospheniscus, Crossvallia, Delphinornis, Duntroonornis, Icadyptes, Inkayacu, Kaiika, Kairuku, Korora, Kumimanu, Kupoupou, Marambiornis, Mesetaornis, Muriwaimanu, Pachydyptes, Pakudyptes, Palaeospheniscinae, Perudyptes, Petradyptes, Platydyptes, Sequiwaimanu, Spheniscidae, Tonniornis, Waimanu, Wimanornis
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paraptenodytinae in the database