Icadyptes

Icadyptes
Temporal range: Late Eocene (Divisaderan-Tinguirirican)
37.2–33.9 Ma
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Icadyptes salasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: †Icadyptes
Species:
†I. salasi
Binomial name
†Icadyptes salasi
Clarke et al., 2007[1]

Icadyptes is an extinct genus of giant penguins from the Late Eocene tropics of South America.

  1. ^ Clarke, Julia A.; Daniel T. Ksepka; Marcelo Stucchi; Mario Urbina; Norberto Giannini; Sara Bertelli; Yanina Narváez; Clint A. Boyd (2007-06-29). "Paleogene equatorial penguins challenge the proposed relationship between penguin biogeography, body size evolution, and Cenozoic climate change". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (28): 11545–50. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611099104. PMC 1913862. PMID 17601778.