Biology:Anthropodyptes

Short description: Extinct genus of birds

Anthropodyptes Temporal range: Middle Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix):	Palaeeudyptinae/?
Genus:	†Anthropodyptes Simpson, 1959
Species:	†A. gilli
Binomial name
†Anthropodyptes gilli Simpson, 1959

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

• Simpson, George Gaylord (1971): A review of the pre-Pleistocene penguins of New Zealand. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144: 319–378. PDF fulltext

Wikidata ☰ Q3618558 entry