Arthrodytes Ameghino 1905 (penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1905. Enumeracion de los Impennes Fosiles de Patagonia y de la Isla Seymour. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 6:97-167

Parent taxon: Spheniscidae according to C. P. Tambussi et al. 2023

See also Acosta Hospitaleche 2005, Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi 2008, Ameghino 1905, Brodkorb 1963, Carroll 1988, Lambrecht 1933, Simpson 1946 and Simpson 1972

Sister taxa: Anthropodyptes, Anthropornithinae, Aptenodytes, Apterodytes ictus, Dege, Delphinornis gracilis, Eudyptes, Eudyptula, Ichtyopteryx, Inguza, Madrynornis, Marambiornopsis, Marplesornis, Megadyptes, Neculus, Nucleornis, Orthopteryx, Orthopteryx gigas, Palaeeudyptes, Palaeeudyptinae, Palaeoapterodytes, Paraptenodytes, Pseudaptenodytes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscinae, Spheniscus, Tereingaornis

Subtaxa: Arthrodytes andrewsi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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