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Pakudyptes
Taxonomy
Pakudyptes was named by Ando et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Sphenisciformes by Ando et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Sphenisciformes by Ando et al. (2024).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2024 | Pakudyptes Ando 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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Ando et al. 2024 | Pakudyptes is smaller than all other previously described penguin taxa except Eudyptula and Eretiscus. It differs from those penguins in having the following characters: bipartition of tricipital fossa is incomplete, shaft of humerus is narrow and straight with craniocaudally thick proximal portion, insertion scar for m. supracoracoideus is short and running parallel to the long axis of humerus, olecranon of ulna is round and tab-like. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Oligocene | New Zealand (South Island) | P. hakataramea (173285) |