Pseudaptenodytes

Taxobox
name = "Pseudaptenodytes"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Miocene/Early Pliocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Sphenisciformes
familia = Spheniscidae
genus = "Pseudaptenodytes"
genus_authority = Simpson, 1970
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Pseudaptenodytes macraei" (type) "Pseudaptenodytes minor" (disputed)

The extinct penguin genus "Pseudaptenodytes" contains the type species "P. macraei"; smaller bones have been assigned to "P. minor", although it is not certain whether they are really from a different species or simply of younger individuals; both taxa are known by an insufficient selection of bones. The fossils of "Pseudaptenodytes" have been found in deposits in Victoria (Australia) which are of Late Miocene or Early Pliocene age.

References

* Simpson, George Gaylord (1970): Miocene penguins from Victoria, Australia, and Chubut, Argentina. "Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria" 31: 17–23.