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Eudyptula wilsonae
Taxonomy
Eudyptula wilsonae was named by Thomas et al. (2023). Its type specimen is NMNZ S.048854, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Q21/f0002, nearby, which is in a Waipipian marine horizon in the Tangahoe Formation of New Zealand.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Eudyptula wilsonae Thomas et al. figs. Figs. 1-5 |
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†Eudyptula wilsonae Thomas et al. 2023
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. B. Thomas et al. 2023 | Differs from extant Eudyptula minor in having more slender skull proportions, including proportionally narrower transverse distances between the caudal margins of the nares, the lateral edges of the salt-gland fossae, and the dorsal rim of the temporal fossae (Figs. 4, 5). |
Measurements
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||