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Palaeospheniscinae
Taxonomy
Palaeospheniscinae was named by Simpson (1946).
It was assigned to Spheniscidae by Simpson (1946), Brodkorb (1963), Acosta Hospitaleche et al. (2004) and Acosta Hospitaleche and Stucchi (2005); and to Sphenisciformes by Ksepka et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Spheniscidae by Simpson (1946), Brodkorb (1963), Acosta Hospitaleche et al. (2004) and Acosta Hospitaleche and Stucchi (2005); and to Sphenisciformes by Ksepka et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1946 | Palaeospheniscinae Simpson p. 41 |
| 1963 | Palaeospheniscinae Brodkorb p. 236 |
| 2004 | Palaeospheniscinae Acosta Hospitaleche et al. p. 235 |
| 2005 | Palaeospheniscinae Acosta Hospitaleche and Stucchi p. 2 |
| 2006 | Palaeospheniscinae Ksepka et al. p. 416 figs. Figure 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. †Palaeospheniscinae Simpson 1946
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G. †Eretiscus Olson 1986
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†Eretiscus tonnii Simpson 1981
Invalid names: Microdytes Simpson 1981 [replaced]
G. †Palaeospheniscus Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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†Palaeospheniscus bergi Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Palaeospheniscus concavus Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Palaeospheniscus gracilis Ameghino 1899 [synonym], Palaeospheniscus interplanus Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Palaeospheniscus planus Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Palaeospheniscus rothi Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Pseudospheniscus convexus Ameghino 1905 [synonym]
†Palaeospheniscus biloculata Simpson 1970
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Invalid names: Perispheniscus wimani Ameghino 1905 [synonym]
†Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum Simpson 1973
†Palaeospheniscus patagonicus Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Palaeospheniscus affinis Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Palaeospheniscus intermedius Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Palaeospheniscus interruptus Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Palaeospheniscus menzbieri Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chubutodyptes Simpson 1970 [synonym], Paraspheniscus Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Perispheniscus Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Pseudospheniscus Ameghino 1905 [synonym], Treleudytes Ameghino 1905 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, o = order | |||||
| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||
Age range: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Zanclean or 21.00000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | Argentina | Pseudospheniscus concavus (45887) | |
| Aquitanian | Argentina (Chubut) | Palaeospheniscus wimani, Microdytes tonnii (142513) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Argentina (Chubut) | Neculus rothi, Palaeospheniscus gracilis, Palaeospheniscus bergi, Palaeospheniscus medianus, Palaeospheniscus rothi, Palaeospheniscus affinis, Palaeospheniscus menzbieri, Palaeospheniscus interruptus, Palaeospheniscus patagonicus, Chubutodyptes biloculata (47303) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Palaeospheniscus bergi (152083) Palaeospheniscus patagonicus (80914) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina | Palaeospheniscus planus, Palaeospheniscus intermedius (74645) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Diogenornis sp. (145897) Microdytes tonnii (74771) | |
| Burdigalian | Peru (Ica) | Palaeospheniscus sp. (100330) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina (Chubut) | Palaeospheniscus gracillis, Eretiscus tonnii (45886) | |
| Middle Miocene | Argentina | Palaeospheniscus bergi (136063) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Palaeospheniscus huxleyorum (74772 100313) |