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Megadyptes antipodes (yellow-eyed penguin)
Taxonomy
Catarrhactes antipodes was named by Hombron and Jacquinot (1841). It is extant.
It was recombined as Megadyptes antipodes by Fordyce (1991), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Megadyptes antipodes by Fordyce (1991), Worthy (1998), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subspecies
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Catarrhactes antipodes Hombron and Jacquinot |
1991 | Megadyptes antipodes Fordyce p. 1177 |
1998 | Megadyptes antipodes Worthy p. 100 |
2003 | Megadyptes antipodes Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 447 |
2014 | Megadyptes antipodes del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Megadyptes antipodes Clements et al. |
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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.
Megadyptes antipodes Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 [yellow-eyed penguin]
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†Megadyptes antipodes richdalei Cole et al. 2019
†Megadyptes antipodes waitaha Boessenkool et al. 2009 [Waitaha penguin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
References: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Zealand (South Island) | Megadyptes antipodes (87810 87814) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | Megadyptes antipodes (100554 194618 194619 198202) |