Biology:Archaeospheniscus wimani
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Short description: Extinct species of bird
| Archaeospheniscus wimani | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | †Archaeospheniscus |
| Species: | †A. wimani
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| Binomial name | |
| †Archaeospheniscus wimani Marples 1953
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| Synonyms | |
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Notodyptes wimani Marples 1953 | |
Archaeospheniscus wimani is an extinct species of penguin. It was the smallest species of the genus Archaeospheniscus, being approximately 75 to 85 centimetres (30 to 33 in) high, or about the size of a gentoo penguin. It is also the oldest known species of its genus, as its remains were found in Middle or Late Eocene strata (34-50 MYA) of the La Meseta Formation on Seymour Island, Antarctica. It is known from a fair number of bones.
The species' binomen honors Carl Wiman, an early 20th-century researcher who laid the groundwork for the classification of the prehistoric penguins.
References
Further reading
- Jadwiszczak, Piotr (2006). "Eocene penguins of Seymour Island, Antarctica: Taxonomy". Polish Polar Research 27 (1): 3–62. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/230873587_Eocene_penguins_of_Seymour_Island_Antarctica_Taxonomy.
- Marples, Brian J. (1953): Fossil penguins from the mid-Tertiary of Seymour Island. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Reports 5: 1–15.
- Myrcha, Andrzej; Jadwiszczak, Piotr; Tambussi, Claudia P.; Noriega, Jorge I.; Gaździcki, Andrzej; Tatur, Andrzej & Del Valle, Rodolfo A. (2002): Taxonomic revision of Eocene Antarctic penguins based on tarsometatarsal morphology. Polish Polar Research 23(1): 5–46. PDf fulltext
Wikidata ☰ Q1062708 entry
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