Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Full reference: U. B. Gohlich. 2007. The oldest fossil record of the extant penguin genus Spheniscus--a new species from the Miocene of Peru. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2):285-298
Belongs to Spheniscus according to U. B. Gohlich 2007
See also Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi 2008
Sister taxa: Spheniscus chilensis, Spheniscus demersus, Spheniscus humboldti, Spheniscus magellanicus, Spheniscus megaramphus, Spheniscus mendiculus, Spheniscus urbinai
Type specimen: MNHN PPI 147, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cerro la Bruja, which is in a Miocene offshore shelf siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chile (1 collection)
• Miocene of Peru (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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