Reptilia - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 39734

Parent taxon: Spheniscidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Anthropodyptes, Anthropornithinae, Aptenodytes, Apterodytes ictus, Arthrodytes, Crossvallia, Dege, Delphinornis gracilis, Eudyptes, Eudyptula, Ichtyopteryx, Inguza, Madrynornis, Marplesornis, Megadyptes, Neculus, Nucleornis, Orthopteryx, Orthopteryx gigas, Palaeeudyptes, Palaeeudyptinae, Palaeoapterodytes, Paraptenodytes, Pseudaptenodytes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscinae, Tereingaornis

Subtaxa: Spheniscus chilensis, Spheniscus demersus, Spheniscus humboldti, Spheniscus magellanicus, Spheniscus megaramphus, Spheniscus mendiculus, Spheniscus muizoni, Spheniscus urbinai

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore