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Palaeospheniscus
Taxonomy
Palaeospheniscus was named by Moreno and Mercerat (1891).
It was assigned to Palaeospheniscinae by Simpson (1946), Marples (1960), Brodkorb (1963), Acosta Hospitaleche and Stucchi (2005), Ksepka et al. (2006); to Sphenisciformes by Acosta Hospitaleche and Picasso (2022); and to Spheniscidae by Moreno and Mercerat (1891), Ameghino (1891), Ameghino (1905), Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1964), Simpson (1972), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Acosta Hospitaleche (2007), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2008), Acosta Hospitaleche et al. (2008), Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Palaeospheniscinae by Simpson (1946), Marples (1960), Brodkorb (1963), Acosta Hospitaleche and Stucchi (2005), Ksepka et al. (2006); to Sphenisciformes by Acosta Hospitaleche and Picasso (2022); and to Spheniscidae by Moreno and Mercerat (1891), Ameghino (1891), Ameghino (1905), Lambrecht (1933), Brodkorb (1964), Simpson (1972), Olson (1985), Carroll (1988), Acosta Hospitaleche (2007), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2008), Acosta Hospitaleche et al. (2008), Tambussi et al. (2023).
Species
Chubutodyptes biloculata, P. bergi (syn. Pseudospheniscus convexus, P. interplanus, Pseudospheniscus planus, P. rothi, P. planus, P. concavus, P. gracilis, Neculus rothi, P. nereius, P. medianus), P. biloculata (syn. Perispheniscus wimani), P. huxleyorum, P. patagonicus (syn. P. intermedius, P. affinis, P. interruptus, P. menzbieri)