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Eudyptes

Reptilia - Spheniscidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Eudyptes Vieillot
1946Eudyptes Simpson p. 41
1983Tasidyptes van Tets and O'Connor p. 3 figs. Fig. 2-5
1988Eudyptes Carroll
2003Eudyptes Worthy and Grant-Mackie p. 446
2014Eudyptes Chávez Hoffmeister et al.
2014Eudyptes del Hoyo et al.
2017Eudyptes Clements et al.
2020Eudyptes Worthy and Nguyen p. 88

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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)
RankNameAuthor
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
Aequornithes
Feraequornithes
superorderProcellariimorphae
Sphenisciformes(Sharpe 1891)
familySpheniscidaeBonaparte 1831
genusEudyptesVieillot 1816

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.

G. Eudyptes Vieillot 1816
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Eudyptes atatu Thomas et al. 2020
Eudyptes calauina Chávez Hoffmeister et al. 2014
Eudyptes chrysocome Forster 1781 [southern rockhopper penguin]
Eudyptes chrysolophus Brandt 1837 [Macaroni penguin]
Eudyptes moseleyi Matthews and Iredale 1921 [Northern rockhopper penguin]
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray 1845 [Fiordland penguin]
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Invalid names: Tasidyptes hunteri van Tets and O'Connor 1983 [synonym]
Eudyptes robustus Oliver 1953 [Snares penguin]
Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch 1876 [royal penguin]
Eudyptes sclateri Buller 1888 [Erect-crested penguin]
Eudyptes warhami Cole et al. 2019
Invalid names: Tasidyptes van Tets and O'Connor 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available