Arthrodytes

Arthrodytes is an extinct genus of penguins which contains a single species, whose remains have been recovered from the San Julian Formation (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene) of Patagonia.[1] Other authors report a younger age for the fossils recovered from the Early Miocene Gaiman and Monte León Formations.[2]

Arthrodytes
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene or Early Miocene
~23–16 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Subfamily: †Paraptenodytinae
Genus: †Arthrodytes
Ameghino 1905
Species

Together with the related genus Paraptenodytes, they form the subfamily Paraptenodytinae, which is not ancestral to modern penguins.[1]

References
  1. Hospitaleche, Carolina Acosta (2005). "Systematic revision of Arthrodytes Ameghino, 1905 (Aves, Spheniscidae) and its assignment to the Paraptenodytinae". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 7: 404–14.
  2. Arthrodytes at Fossilworks.org
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