Reptilia - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 39720
Synonym: Tasidyptes van Tets and O'Connor 1983 (taxon 255212)
Parent taxon: Spheniscidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Anthropodyptes, Anthropornithinae, Aptenodytes, Apterodytes ictus, Arthrodytes, Crossvallia, Dege, Delphinornis gracilis, Eudyptula, Ichtyopteryx, Inguza, Madrynornis, Marplesornis, Megadyptes, Neculus, Nucleornis, Orthopteryx, Orthopteryx gigas, Palaeeudyptes, Palaeeudyptinae, Palaeoapterodytes, Paraptenodytes, Pseudaptenodytes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscinae, Spheniscus, Tereingaornis
Subtaxa: Eudyptes calauina, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysolophus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Eudyptes robustus, Eudyptes schlegeli, Eudyptes sclateri
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore