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Palaeeudyptes klekowskii

Osteichthyes - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii was named by Myrcha et al. (2002). Its type specimen is IB/P /B-0065, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. klekowsii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. pp. 197-199 figs. Figs. 2-4
2002Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. p. 22
2006Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Jadwiszczak p. 21
2006Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Tambussi et al. p. 154
2007Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Chavez p. 554
2010Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Acosta Hospitaleche and Reguero p. 293
2014Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Acosta Hospitaleche p. 557

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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
speciesklekowskii

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.

†Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002
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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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Antarctica (Seymour Island) Palaeeudyptes klekowskii (53666)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica (Seymour Island) Palaeeudyptes klekowskii (63553 100290)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Antarctica Palaeeudyptes klekowskii (100410 100411 100413 100419)