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Palaeeudyptes klekowskii

Reptilia - Spheniscidae

Taxonomy
Palaeeudyptes klekowskii was named by Myrcha et al. (2002). Its type specimen is IB/P /B-0065, a limb element (right tarsometatarsus), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. pp. 197-199 figs. Figs. 2-4
2002Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. p. 22
2006Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Jadwiszczak p. 21
2006Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Tambussi et al. p. 154
2007Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Chavez p. 554
2010Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Acosta Hospitaleche and Reguero p. 293
2014Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Acosta Hospitaleche p. 557

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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
genusPalaeeudyptes
speciesklekowskii

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.

Palaeeudyptes klekowskii Myrcha et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available