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Megadyptes
Taxonomy
Megadyptes was named by Milne-Edwards (1880). It is extant.
It was assigned to Spheniscinae by Simpson (1946); and to Spheniscidae by Carroll (1988), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Spheniscinae by Simpson (1946); and to Spheniscidae by Carroll (1988), Worthy and Grant-Mackie (2003), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1880 | Megadyptes Milne-Edwards |
| 1946 | Megadyptes Simpson p. 41 |
| 1988 | Megadyptes Carroll |
| 2003 | Megadyptes Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 446 |
| 2014 | Megadyptes del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Megadyptes 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.
G. Megadyptes Milne-Edwards 1880
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Megadyptes antipodes Hombron and Jacquinot 1841 [yellow-eyed penguin]
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†Megadyptes antipodes waitaha Boessenkool et al. 2009 [Waitaha penguin]
†Megadyptes antipodes richdalei Cole et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 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) | M. antipodes (87810 87814) | |
| Holocene | New Zealand | M. antipodes (100554 194618 194619 198202) |