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Spheniscus demersus (African penguin)

Reptilia - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Diomedea demersa was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Spheniscus demersus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Diomedea demersa Linnaeus
2014Spheniscus demersus del Hoyo et al.
2017Spheniscus demersus 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)
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
genusSpheniscusBrisson 1760
speciesdemersus()

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 demersus Linnaeus 1758 [African penguin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available