Reptilia - Sphenisciformes

PaleoDB taxon number: 39712

Synonym: Pachypteryx Wiman 1905 (taxon 92179)

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

Sister taxa: Aprosdokitos, Archaeospheniscus, Delphinornis, Duntroonornis, Icadyptes, Inkayacu, Kaiika, Kairuku, Korora, Kumimanu, Kupoupou, Marambiornis, Mesetaornis, Muriwaimanu, Pachydyptes, Palaeospheniscinae, Paraptenodytinae, Perudyptes, Platydyptes, Sequiwaimanu, Spheniscidae, Tonniornis, Waimanu, Wimanornis

Subtaxa: Anthropornis grandis, Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore