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Platydyptes

Reptilia

Taxonomy

Platydyptes was named by Marples (1952).

It was assigned to Palaeeudyptinae by Marples (1952), Brodkorb (1963); to Spheniscidae by Simpson (1971), Carroll (1988); and to Sphenisciformes by Mayr (2009).

Species

P. amiesi, P. marplesi, P. novaezealandiae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1952	Platydyptes Marples
1963	Platydyptes Brodkorb p. 233
1971	Platydyptes Simpson p. 347
1988	Platydyptes Carroll
2009	Platydyptes Mayr p. 71

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
subclass	Eureptilia	()
—	Romeriida
—	Diapsida	()
—	Archosauromorpha	(Huene 1946)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Crocopoda
—	Archosauriformes	Gauthier 1986
—	Eucrocopoda
—	Archosauria	()
informal	Avemetatarsalia
—	Ornithodira
—	Dinosauromorpha
—	Dinosauriformes
—	Dinosauria	()
—	Theropoda	()
—	Neotheropoda
—	Averostra	Paul 2002
—	Tetanurae
—	Coelurosauria	()
—	Maniraptora
—	Paraves
class	Aves
subclass	Neornithes	Gadow 1893
—	Aequornithes
—	Feraequornithes
superorder	Procellariimorphae
—	Sphenisciformes	(Sharpe 1891)
genus	Platydyptes

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. †Platydyptes Marples 1952

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†Platydyptes amiesi Marples 1952

†Platydyptes marplesi Simpson 1971

†Platydyptes novaezealandiae Oliver 1930

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

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, Benton 1983, Marsh 1875

Age range: base of the Runangan to the top of the Waitakian or 36.70000 to 21.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Runangan	36.7 - 34.6	New Zealand	Pachydyptes novaezealandiae (74600)
Duntroonian	27.3 - 25.2	New Zealand (North Otago)	Pachydyptes novaezealandiae, P. marplesi (63049)
Duntroonian - Waitakian	27.3 - 21.7	New Zealand (South Island)	P. amiesi (88276)
Waitakian	25.2 - 21.7	New Zealand	P. amiesi (74593)