Alternative combination: Palaeospheniscus bilocular
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1970. Miocene penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31:17-24
Belongs to Chubutodyptes according to G. G. Simpson 1972
See also Acosta Hospitaleche 2007, Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2007, Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi 2008, Simpson 1970, Soto-Acuña et al. 2008 and Tambussi et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Palaeospheniscus bergi, Palaeospheniscus biloculata, Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum, Palaeospheniscus patagonicus
Type specimen: AMNH 3346, a set of postcrania (right humerus). Its type locality is Cerro del Castillo, Trelew, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cerro del Castillo, Trelew
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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