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Pseudaptenodytes

Reptilia - Spheniscidae

Synonyms
  • Pseudaptenodytes minor was named by Simpson (1970). Its type specimen is NMV P26669, a set of postcrania (humerus), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Beaumaris, which is in a Messinian shoreface sandstone in the Black Rock Sandstone Formation of Australia.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Park (2014).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Pseudaptenodytes Simpson
1970Pseudaptenodytes minor Simpson p. 20 figs. Plates 1-3
1988Pseudaptenodytes Carroll
1991Pseudaptenodytes minor Fordyce p. 1176
2012Pseudaptenodytes Park and Fitzgerald p. 318
2012Pseudaptenodytes minor Park and Fitzgerald p. 320
2014Pseudaptenodytes Park p. 451
2020Pseudaptenodytes Worthy and Nguyen p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
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
genusPseudaptenodytes

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. †Pseudaptenodytes Simpson 1970
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Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson 1970
Invalid names: Pseudaptenodytes minor Simpson 1970 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available