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
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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