Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Full reference: M. Chávez Hoffmeister, J. D. Carrillo Briceño, and S. N. Nielsen. 2014. The evolution of seabirds in the Humboldt Current: new clues from the Pliocene of Central Chile. PLoS ONE 9(3):e90043
Belongs to Eudyptes according to M. Chávez Hoffmeister et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Eudyptes atatu, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysolophus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Eudyptes robustus, Eudyptes schlegeli, Eudyptes sclateri, Eudyptes warhami
Type specimen: SGO-PV 21487, a limb element (complete right tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Horcón, which is in a Piacenzian coastal sandstone in the Horcon Formation of Chile.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Horcón
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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