Eudyptes calauina

Eudyptes calauina
Temporal range: Pliocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Eudyptes
Species:
E. calauina
Binomial name
Eudyptes calauina
Hoffmeister, Briceño, and Nielsen, 2014

Eudyptes calauina is an extinct species of crested penguin that lived during the Late Pliocene.[1] It inhabited what is now central Chile.

  1. ^ Hoffmeister, Martín Chávez; Briceño, Jorge D. Carrillo; Nielsen, Sven N. (2014-03-12). "The Evolution of Seabirds in the Humboldt Current: New Clues from the Pliocene of Central Chile". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e90043. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...990043C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090043. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3951197. PMID 24621560.