†subfamily Paraptenodytinae Simpson 1946 (penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes

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, 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

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