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Anthropodyptes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Spheniscidae

Scientific name
  
Anthropodyptes gilli

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Aves

Subfamily
  
Palaeeudyptinae?

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Sphenisciformes

Genus
  
Anthropodyptes Simpson, 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.

References

Anthropodyptes Wikipedia