Delphinornis
Delphinornis Temporal range: | |
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Partial skeleton of Delphinoris larseni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Genus: | †Delphinornis Wiman, 1905 |
Species | |
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Delphinornis is an extinct genus of penguins that lived around the middle Eocene to the middle Miocene in Antarctica.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ "†Delphinornis Wiman 1905 (penguin)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Myrcha, A.; Jadwiszczak, P.; Tambussi, C.; Noriega, J.; Gazdzicki, A.; Tatur, A.; Del Valle, R. (2002). "Taxonomic Revision of Eocene Antarctic Penguins Based on Tarsometatarsal Morphology" (PDF). Polish Polar Research. 23 (1): 5–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2021-04-20.