Family Spheniscidae Scientific name Anthropodyptes gilli Rank Species | Class Aves Phylum Chordata Order Sphenisciformes | |
Genus AnthropodyptesSimpson, 1959 Similar Penguin, Archaeospheniscus, Bird, Sphenisciformes, Palaeospheniscus | ||
Anthropodyptes is a poorly known monotypic genus of extinct penguin. It contains the single species Anthropodyptes gilli, known from a Middle Miocene humerus from Australia. The bone is somewhat similar to those found in members of the New Zealand genus Archaeospheniscus and thus this genus might, like them, belong to the subfamily Palaeeudyptinae.
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