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Spheniscus urbinai

Reptilia - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Spheniscus urbinai was named by Stucchi (2002). Its type specimen is MUSM 401, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton with skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sud-Sacaco West (SAS) horizon, which is in a Messinian foreshore siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. predmersus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Spheniscus urbinai Stucchi p. 18 figs. Figures 2-7
2008Spheniscus urbinai Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi p. 121
2008Spheniscus urbinai Soto-Acuña et al. p. 123

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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
speciesurbinai

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 urbinai Stucchi 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 200825% larger than the living species of the genus and similar in size to S. megaramphus. Compared to S. megaramphus, the rostrum is shorter and its base is wider, higher and more curved (Stucchi, 2002).