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Spheniscus muizoni

Reptilia - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Spheniscus muizoni was named by Gohlich (2007). Its type specimen is MNHN PPI 147, a partial skeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Cerro la Bruja, which is in a Miocene offshore shelf siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. predmersus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Spheniscus muizoni Gohlich p. 287 figs. Figures 2, 3, 4A, C, E, G, I, 5A
2008Spheniscus muizoni Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
RankNameAuthor
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Aequornithes
—Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
—Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
familySpheniscidaeBonaparte 1831
genusSpheniscusBrisson 1760
speciesmuizoni

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.

†Spheniscus muizoni Gohlich 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 2008Smaller than any other modern genus, similar in size to Spheniscus magellanicus.