Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1970. Miocene penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31:17-24
Parent taxon: Spheniscidae according to T. Park 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Park and Fitzgerald 2012, Simpson 1970 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Anthropodyptes, Anthropornithinae, Aptenodytes, Apterodytes ictus, Arthrodytes, Dege, Delphinornis gracilis, Eudyptes, Eudyptula, Ichtyopteryx, Inguza, Madrynornis, Marambiornopsis, Marplesornis, Megadyptes, Neculus, Nucleornis, Orthopteryx, Orthopteryx gigas, Palaeeudyptes, Palaeeudyptinae, Palaeoapterodytes, Paraptenodytes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscinae, Spheniscus, Tereingaornis
Subtaxa: Pseudaptenodytes macraei Pseudaptenodytes minor
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences
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