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Archaeospheniscus
Taxonomy
Archaeospheniscus was named by Marples (1952).
It was assigned to Palaeeudyptinae by Marples (1952), Brodkorb (1963) and Tambussi et al. (2006); to Spheniscidae by Simpson (1971), Simpson (1971), Carroll (1988), Myrcha et al. (2002) and Jadwiszczak (2006); and to Sphenisciformes by Ksepka et al. (2006) and Mayr (2009).
It was assigned to Palaeeudyptinae by Marples (1952), Brodkorb (1963) and Tambussi et al. (2006); to Spheniscidae by Simpson (1971), Simpson (1971), Carroll (1988), Myrcha et al. (2002) and Jadwiszczak (2006); and to Sphenisciformes by Ksepka et al. (2006) and Mayr (2009).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1952 | Archaeospheniscus Marples p. 40 |
| 1963 | Archaeospheniscus Brodkorb p. 232 |
| 1971 | Archaeospheniscus Simpson p. 354 |
| 1988 | Archaeospheniscus Carroll |
| 2002 | Archaeospheniscus Myrcha et al. p. 26 |
| 2006 | Archaeospheniscus Jadwiszczak p. 28 |
| 2006 | Archaeospheniscus Ksepka et al. p. 416 figs. Figure 3 |
| 2006 | Archaeospheniscus Tambussi et al. p. 154 |
| 2009 | Archaeospheniscus Mayr p. 71 |
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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.
G. †Archaeospheniscus Marples 1952
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†Archaeospheniscus lopdelli Marples 1952
†Archaeospheniscus lowei Marples 1952
†Archaeospheniscus wimani Marples 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Duntroonian or 56.00000 to 25.20000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Antarctica | A. wimani (100414) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. wimani (63551) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Delphinornis wimani (53666) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica | A. wimani (100411) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | A. wimani (100187) | |
| Chattian | New Zealand (Southern Island) | A. sp. (37602) | |
| Duntroonian | New Zealand (North Otago) | A. lowei, A. lopdelli (63049) |