Anthropodyptes

Anthropodyptes is a poorly known monotypic genus of extinct penguin. It contains the single species Anthropodyptes gilli, known from a Middle Miocene humerus from Australia. The bone is somewhat similar to those found in members of the New Zealand genus Archaeospheniscus and thus this genus might, like them, belong to the subfamily Palaeeudyptinae.

Anthropodyptes
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Sphenisciformes
Family:
Spheniscidae
Subfamily:
Palaeeudyptinae?
Genus:
Anthropodyptes

Simpson, 1959
Species:
A. gilli
Binomial name
Anthropodyptes gilli
Simpson, 1959

References
  • Simpson, George Gaylord (1971): A review of the pre-Pleistocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144: 319–378. PDF fulltext


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