Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Full reference: S. D. Emslie and C. G. Correa. 2003. A new species of penguin (Spheniscidae: Spheniscus) and other birds from the late Pliocene of Chile. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(2):308-316
Belongs to Spheniscus according to S. D. Emslie and C. G. Correa 2003
See also Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi 2008 and Chavez 2007
Sister taxa: Spheniscus demersus, Spheniscus humboldti, Spheniscus magellanicus, Spheniscus megaramphus, Spheniscus mendiculus, Spheniscus muizoni, Spheniscus urbinai
Type specimen: UCN-1-130697, a set of limb elements (left hunmerus). Its type locality is Cuenca del Tirburon, which is in a Pliocene offshore carbonate in the Caleta Herradura de Mejillones Formation of Chile.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cuenca del Tirburon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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