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Pseudaptenodytes macraei ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4844838https://www.gbif.org/species/4844838
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)255209https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=255209
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sphenisciformes : Spheniscidae : Pseudaptenodytes : Pseudaptenodytes macraei
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Sphenisciformes : Spheniscidae : Pseudaptenodytes : Pseudaptenodytes macraei
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-DinosauromorphaBenton 1985
-DinosauriformesNovas 1992
-Dinosauria
-Saurischia
-Theropoda
-NeotheropodaBakker 1986
-AverostraPaul 2002
-TetanuraeGauthier 1986
orderAvetheropodaPaul 1988
suborderCoelurosauriaHuene 1914
-ManiraptoraGauthier 1986
-ParavesSereno 1997
classAvesLinnaeus 1758
-PygostyliaChiappe 2002
-OrnithothoracesChiappe and Calvo 1994
-OrnithuromorphaChiappe et al. 1999
subclassOrnithuraeHaeckel 1866
-CarinataeMerrem 1813
orderSphenisciformesSharpe 1891
familySpheniscidaeBonaparte 1831
genusPseudaptenodytesSimpson 1970
speciesPseudaptenodytes macraeiSimpson 1970
Generic NamePseudaptenodytes
Scientific NamePseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson, 1970
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pseudaptenodytes macraeispeciesbelongs to Pseudaptenodytesstated without evidenceSimpson, 1970
Pseudaptenodytes macraeispeciesbelongs to Pseudaptenodytesstated with evidenceHarrison and Hooker, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene
Environmentmarine (based on Sphenisciformes)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Theropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Coelurosauria)
Reproductionoviparous, dispersal=direct/internal,mobile (based on Theropoda)
Ontogenyaccretion,modification of parts (based on Theropoda)
Taphonomyhydroxylapatite,compact or dense (based on Theropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. G. Simpson. 1970. Miocene penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31:17-24

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1970Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson
1991Pseudaptenodytes macraei Fordyce p. 1176
2010Pseudaptenodytes macraei Harrison and Hooker
2014Pseudaptenodytes macraei Park p. 451 figs. Fig. 2-4

References

Simpson G. G. (1970) Miocene penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina, Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria 31, 17-24
Harrison D. L., Hooker J. J. (2010) Late Middle Eocene Bats from the Creechbarrow Limestone Formation, Dorset, Southern England with Description of a New Species of Archaeonycteris (Chiroptera: Archaeonycteridae), Acta Chiropterologica 12 1, 1-18
Park T. (2014) Redescription of the Miocene penguin Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson (Aves: Sphenisciformes) and redefinition of the taxonomic status of Pseudaptenodytes minor Simpson, Alcheringa 38 3, 450-454 doi:10.1080/03115518.2014.906177
T. Park (2014) Redescription of the Miocene penguin Pseudaptenodytes macraei Simpson (Aves: Sphenisciformes) and redefinition of the taxonomic status of Pseudaptenodytes minor Simpson: Alcheringa 3: 450--454 (10.1080/03115518.2014.906177) - via Catalogue of Life
G. G. Simpson (1970) Miocene penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina: Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria: 17--24 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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