Biology:Spheniscus anglicus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Spheniscus |
| Species: | †S. anglicus
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| †Spheniscus anglicus Benson, 2015
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Spheniscus anglicus is an extinct species of banded penguin that lived during the Late Miocene in what is now Chile . The species was described in 2015 by Richard D. Benson based on a fossil found in the Bahia Inglesa Formation in northern Chile.
Description
The holotype material consists of a fossil penguin skull, without a beak.[1] The species is described as smaller than the emperor penguin or the king penguin, but larger than any other in the genus.[2]
Discovery and naming
The only known current fossil of Spheniscus anglicus was recovered from the Bahia Inglesa Formation at an unknown date, and later sold at the 2001 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show to Mark Rasmussen, who later donated it to the Science Museum of Minnesota.[1][3] The species is named after the Bahia Inglesa Formation in which the fossil was found.[2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Benson 2015, p. 5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benson 2015, p. 9.
- ↑ Benson 2015, p. 18.
References
Benson, Richard D (2015). "A New Species of Penguin From The Late Miocene of Chile, with Comments on the Stratigraphic Range of Palaeospheniscus". Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota 8 (4). https://www.smm.org/sites/default/files/public/attachments/new-species-penguin.pdf. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q107404348 entry
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