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Palaeeudyptes gunnari
Taxonomy
Eosphaeniscus gunnari was named by Wiman (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Snow Hill, next to, which is in a Bartonian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.
It was recombined as Eospheniscus gunnari by Lambrecht (1933); it was recombined as Palaeeudyptes gunnari by Simpson (1971), Myrcha et al. (1990), Myrcha et al. (2002), Tambussi et al. (2006), Jadwiszczak (2006), Chavez (2007), Acosta Hospitaleche and Reguero (2010) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was recombined as Eospheniscus gunnari by Lambrecht (1933); it was recombined as Palaeeudyptes gunnari by Simpson (1971), Myrcha et al. (1990), Myrcha et al. (2002), Tambussi et al. (2006), Jadwiszczak (2006), Chavez (2007), Acosta Hospitaleche and Reguero (2010) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1905 | Eospheniscus gunnari Ameghino p. 132 |
| 1905 | Eosphaeniscus gunnari Wiman p. 250 figs. Plate XII, Fig. 5 |
| 1933 | Eospheniscus gunnari Lambrecht p. 232 |
| 1946 | Eosphaeniscus gunnari Simpson p. 37 |
| 1953 | Eosphaeniscus gunnari Marples p. 10 |
| 1963 | Eosphaeniscus gunnari Brodkorb p. 235 |
| 1971 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Simpson p. 374 |
| 1990 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Myrcha et al. p. 197 |
| 2002 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Myrcha et al. p. 24 |
| 2006 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Jadwiszczak p. 24 |
| 2006 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Tambussi et al. p. 154 |
| 2007 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Chavez p. 554 |
| 2010 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Acosta Hospitaleche and Reguero p. 293 |
| 2023 | Palaeeudyptes gunnari Tambussi et al. p. 272 |
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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 gunnari Wiman 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Marsh 1875, Benton 1983 | |||||
Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ypresian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Palaeeudyptes gunnari (63549) | |
| Ypresian - Lutetian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Palaeeudyptes gunnari (63551) | |
| Lutetian | Antarctica | Palaeeudyptes gunnari (211926) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Palaeeudyptes gunnari (53666) | |
| Bartonian | Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) | Pansphenisciformes indet. (59977) | |
| Bartonian | Antarctica | Eosphaeniscus gunnari (type locality: 77358) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Antarctica | Palaeeudyptes gunnari (31173) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Palaeeudyptes gunnari (100187 100290 100475) | |
| Priabonian | Antarctica | Palaeeudyptes gunnari (100410 100411) |