Palaeeudyptes marplesi Brodkorb 1963 (penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1963. Catalogue of fossil birds. Part 1 (Archaeopterygiformes through Ardeiformes). Bulletin of the Florida State Museum, Biological Sciences 7(4):179-293

Belongs to Palaeeudyptes according to C. Acosta Hospitaleche and M. Reguero 2010

See also Brodkorb 1963, Fordyce 1991, Mayr 2009 and Simpson 1971

Sister taxa: Palaeeudyptes antarcticus, Palaeeudyptes gunnari, Palaeeudyptes klekowskii

Type specimen: OM C.50.25-47, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Burnside, Burnside Marl, which is in a Kaiatan marine marl in the Burnside Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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