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Pakudyptes

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Pakudyptes was named by Ando et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Sphenisciformes by Ando et al. (2024).

Species
P. hakataramea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Pakudyptes Ando et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
RankNameAuthor
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
genusPakudyptes

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pakudyptes Ando et al. 2024
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†Pakudyptes hakataramea Ando et al. 2024
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. Ando et al. 2024Pakudyptes is smaller than all other previously described penguin taxa except Eudyptula and Eretiscus. It differs from those penguins in having the following characters: bipartition of tricipital fossa is incomplete, shaft of humerus is narrow and straight with craniocaudally thick proximal portion, insertion scar for m. supracoracoideus is short and running parallel to the long axis of humerus, olecranon of ulna is round and tab-like.