Aves - Sphenisciformes

Alternative combination: Paraptenodytes patagonicus

Synonyms: Palaeospheniscus affinis Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus intermedius Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus interruptus Ameghino 1905, Palaeospheniscus menzbieri Moreno and Mercerat 1891

Full reference: F. P. Moreno and A. Mercerat. 1891. Catálogo de los pájaros fósiles de la República Argentina conservados en el Museo de La Plata [Catalogue of the fossil birds from the Argentine Republic housed in the Museo de La Plata]. Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 1:7-71

Belongs to Palaeospheniscus according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023

See also Acosta Hospitaleche 2005, Acosta Hospitaleche 2007, Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2008, Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi 2008, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1905, Brodkorb 1963, Lambrecht 1933, Moreno and Mercerat 1891, Simpson 1946 and Simpson 1972

Sister taxa: Palaeospheniscus bergi, Palaeospheniscus biloculata, Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum, Chubutodyptes biloculata

Type specimens:

• Palaeospheniscus patagonicus: Museo de La Plata, a set of limb elements (humerus, radius, femur, tibia, tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Cerro del Castillo, Trelew, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.
• Palaeospheniscus affinis:
• Palaeospheniscus intermedius:
• Palaeospheniscus interruptus:
• Palaeospheniscus menzbieri: Museo de La Plata, a set of limb elements (humerus, ulna radius, metacarpus, tibia, tarsometatarsus). Its type locality is Cerro del Castillo, Trelew, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Gaiman Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

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