Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Synonym: Tasidyptes van Tets and O'Connor 1983
Parent taxon: Spheniscidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Carroll 1988, Chávez Hoffmeister et al. 2014, Cole et al. 2018, del Hoyo et al. 2014, Park and Fitzgerald 2012, Simpson 1946, van Tets and O'Connor 1983, Worthy and Grant-Mackie 2003 and Worthy and Nguyen 2020
Sister taxa: Anthropodyptes, Anthropornithinae, Aptenodytes, Apterodytes ictus, Arthrodytes, Dege, Delphinornis gracilis, Eudyptula, Ichtyopteryx, Inguza, Madrynornis, Marambiornopsis, Marplesornis, Megadyptes, Neculus, Nucleornis, Orthopteryx, Orthopteryx gigas, Palaeeudyptes, Palaeeudyptinae, Palaeoapterodytes, Paraptenodytes, Pseudaptenodytes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscinae, Spheniscus, Tereingaornis
Subtaxa: Eudyptes atatu Eudyptes calauina Eudyptes chrysocome Eudyptes chrysolophus Eudyptes moseleyi Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Eudyptes robustus Eudyptes schlegeli Eudyptes sclateri Eudyptes warhami
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), French Southern Territories (1), New Zealand (12)
• Pliocene of Chile (1), New Zealand (1)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences
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