Arthrodytes

Arthrodytes
Temporal range: Late Eocene-Early Oligocene or Early Miocene
~23–16 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Sphenisciformes
Family:Spheniscidae
Subfamily:†Paraptenodytinae
Genus:†Arthrodytes
Ameghino 1905
Species

Arthrodytes is an extinct genus of penguins which contains a single species, whose remains have been recovered from the San Julian Formation (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene) of Patagonia.[1] Other authors report a younger age for the fossils recovered from the Early Miocene Gaiman and Monte León Formations.[2]

Together with the related genus Paraptenodytes, they form the subfamily Paraptenodytinae, which is not an ancestor of modern penguins.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Hospitaleche, Carolina Acosta (2005). "Systematic revision of Arthrodytes Ameghino, 1905 (Aves, Spheniscidae) and its assignment to the Paraptenodytinae". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. 7: 404–14.
  2. ↑ Arthrodytes at Fossilworks.org
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