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Eudyptes chrysocome (southern rockhopper penguin)

Reptilia - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Aptenodytes chrysocome was named by Forster (1781). It is extant.

It was recombined as Eudyptes chrysocome by Vieillot (1816), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017).

Subspecies
E. filholi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1781Aptenodytes chrysocome Forster
1816Eudyptes chrysocome Vieillot
2014Eudyptes chrysocome del Hoyo et al.
2017Eudyptes chrysocome Clements et al.

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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
genusEudyptesVieillot 1816
specieschrysocome(Forster 1781)

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.

Eudyptes chrysocome Forster 1781 [southern rockhopper penguin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available