Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1859. On a fossil bird and a fossil cetacean from New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 15:670-677
Belongs to Palaeeudyptes according to A. Myrcha et al. 2002
See also Acosta Hospitaleche and Reguero 2010, Brodkorb 1963, Fordyce 1991, Lambrecht 1933, Lowe 1939, Marples 1952, Mayr 2009, Myrcha et al. 1990, Ovey 1939, Simpson 1946, Simpson 1971 and Tambussi et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Palaeeudyptes gunnari, Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, Palaeeudyptes marplesi
Type specimen: BMNH A 1048, a limb element (tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Kakanui, which is in a Whaingaroan coastal limestone in the Ototara Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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