Arthrodytes | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Subfamily: | † Paraptenodytinae |
Genus: | †
Arthrodytes Ameghino 1905 |
Species | |
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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]
Together with the related genus Paraptenodytes, they form the subfamily Paraptenodytinae, which is not ancestral to modern penguins. [1]
Arthrodytes | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Subfamily: | † Paraptenodytinae |
Genus: | †
Arthrodytes Ameghino 1905 |
Species | |
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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]
Together with the related genus Paraptenodytes, they form the subfamily Paraptenodytinae, which is not ancestral to modern penguins. [1]