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Pseudaptenodytes macraei
Taxonomy
Pseudaptenodytes macraei was named by Simpson (1970). Its type specimen is NMV P26668, a limb element (partial left humerus), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson |
| 1991 | Pseudaptenodytes macraei Fordyce p. 1176 |
| 2010 | Pseudaptenodytes macraei Harrison and Hooker |
| 2014 | Pseudaptenodytes macraei Park p. 451 figs. Fig. 2-4 |
| 2020 | Pseudaptenodytes macraei Worthy and Nguyen p. 87 |
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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.
†Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson 1970
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Park 2014 | Shaft robust and sigmoid. Pit for ligament insertion adjacent to the humeral head absent. Humerus size most similar to that of the extant Aptenodytes patagonicus. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||