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Spheniscus muizoni
Taxonomy
Spheniscus muizoni was named by Gohlich (2007). Its type specimen is MNHN PPI 147, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cerro la Bruja, which is in a Miocene offshore shelf siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Spheniscus muizoni Gohlich p. 287 figs. Figures 2, 3, 4A, C, E, G, I, 5A |
| 2008 | Spheniscus muizoni Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi p. 122 |
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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.
†Spheniscus muizoni Gohlich 2007
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Diagnosis
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| C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 2008 | Smaller than any other modern genus, similar in size to Spheniscus magellanicus. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Peru (Ica) | Spheniscus muizoni (type locality: 45487) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chile (Copiapó) | Spheniscus muizoni (224050) |