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Palaeeudyptes antarcticus

Osteichthyes - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Palaeeudyptes antarcticus was named by Huxley (1859). Its type specimen is BMNH A 1048, a limb element (tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kakanui, which is in a Whaingaroan coastal limestone in the Ototara Limestone Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. klekowsii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Huxley
1933Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Lambrecht p. 236
1939Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Lowe p. 284
1939Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Ovey
1946Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Simpson p. 40
1952Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Marples p. 28
1963Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Brodkorb p. 231
1971Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Simpson p. 335
1990Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Myrcha et al. p. 197
1991Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Fordyce p. 1177
2002Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Myrcha et al. p. 21
2006Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Tambussi et al. p. 153
2009Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Mayr p. 71
2010Palaeeudyptes antarcticus Acosta Hospitaleche and Reguero p. 293

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
RankNameAuthor
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
familySpheniscidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPalaeeudyptes
speciesantarcticus

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.

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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: Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Waitakian or 48.07000 to 21.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica Palaeeudyptes antarcticus (211926)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Palaeeudyptes antarcticus (74594)
Whaingaroan34.6 - 27.3New Zealand Palaeudyptes antarcticus (type locality: 74587)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand Palaeeudyptes antarcticus (74595)