Aves - Sphenisciformes

Synonyms: Palaeospheniscus wimani Ameghino 1905, Perispheniscus wimani Ameghino 1905

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 Palaeospheniscus according to C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 2008

See also Ameghino 1905, Lambrecht 1933, Simpson 1946 and Simpson 1972

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

Type specimens:

• Palaeospheniscus biloculata: 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.
• Perispheniscus wimani:

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gaiman (marine vertebrates)

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