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Platydyptes novaezealandiae
Taxonomy
Pachydyptes novaezealandiae was named by Oliver (1930). Its type specimen is DM 1451, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oamaru, which is in a Runangan coastal limestone in the Ototara Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
It was recombined as Platydyptes novaezealandiae by Marples (1952), Brodkorb (1963), Simpson (1971) and Mayr (2009).
It was recombined as Platydyptes novaezealandiae by Marples (1952), Brodkorb (1963), Simpson (1971) and Mayr (2009).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1930 | Pachydyptes novaezealandiae Oliver p. 86 |
1933 | Pachydyptes novaezealandiae Lambrecht p. 238 |
1939 | Pachydyptes novaezealandiae Lowe p. 284 |
1939 | Pachydyptes novaezealandiae Ovey |
1946 | Pachydyptes novaezealandiae Simpson p. 41 |
1952 | Platydyptes novaezealandiae Marples p. 38 |
1963 | Platydyptes novaezealandiae Brodkorb p. 233 |
1971 | Platydyptes novaezealandiae Simpson p. 347 |
2009 | Platydyptes novaezealandiae Mayr p. 71 |
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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.
†Platydyptes novaezealandiae Oliver 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available