Synonym: Pachypteryx Wiman 1905
Full reference: C. Wiman. 1905. Vorlaufige Mitteilung uber die alttertiaren Vertebraten der Symourinsel. Bulletin of the Geological Institution of the University of Upsala 6:247-253
Parent taxon: Sphenisciformes according to D. T. Ksepka et al. 2006
See also Acosta Hospitaleche et al. 2019, Ameghino 1905, Brodkorb 1963, Carroll 1988, Jadwiszczak 2006, Jadwiszczak 2012, Jadwiszczak and Mörs 2011, Jenkins 1985, Lambrecht 1933, Myrcha et al. 2002, Simpson 1946, Simpson 1971, Tambussi et al. 2006 and Wiman 1905
Sister taxa: Aprosdokitos, Archaeospheniscus, Crossvallia, Delphinornis, Duntroonornis, Icadyptes, Inkayacu, Kaiika, Kairuku, Korora, Kumimanu, Kupoupou, Marambiornis, Mesetaornis, Muriwaimanu, Pachydyptes, Palaeospheniscinae, Paraptenodytinae, Perudyptes, Petradyptes, Platydyptes, Sequiwaimanu, Spheniscidae, Tonniornis, Waimanu, Wimanornis
Subtaxa: Anthropornis grandis Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Antarctica (2 collections)
• Eocene of Antarctica (9)
Total: 11 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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