Pygoscelis tyreei

Pygoscelis tyreei

Taxobox
name = Tyree's Penguin
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Pliocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Aves
ordo = Sphenisciformes
familia = Spheniscidae
genus = "Pygoscelis" (disputed)
species = "P. tyreei"
binomial = "Pygoscelis tyreei"
binomial_authority = Simpson, 1972

Tyree's Penguin (?"Pygoscelis tyreei") is an extinct species of penguin from New Zealand. It was slightly smaller than the extant Gentoo Penguin, standing 70 to 80 cm high. Of Late Pliocene age, it is only known from fossil remains.


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