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Spheniscus urbinai

Osteichthyes - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Spheniscus urbinai was named by Stucchi (2002). Its type specimen is MUSM 401, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton with skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. predmersus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Spheniscus urbinai Stucchi p. 18 figs. Figures 2-7
2008Spheniscus urbinai Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi p. 121
2008Spheniscus urbinai Soto-Acuña et al. p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
familySpheniscidaeBonaparte 1831
genusSpheniscusBrisson 1760
speciesurbinai

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 urbinai Stucchi 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 200825% larger than the living species of the genus and similar in size to S. megaramphus. Compared to S. megaramphus, the rostrum is shorter and its base is wider, higher and more curved (Stucchi, 2002).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:40:01
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Peru (Arequipa) Spheniscus urbinai (45485)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chile Spheniscus urbinai (100171)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru (Caraveli) Spheniscus urbinai (46084)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Spheniscus urbinai (type locality: 13079)