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Pseudaptenodytes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Spheniscidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Sphenisciformes

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Archaeospheniscus, Palaeospheniscus, Paraptenodytes, Pachydyptes, Palaeeudyptes

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.

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Pseudaptenodytes Wikipedia