Delphinornis

Delphinornis
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Middle Miocene
Partial skeleton of Delphinoris larseni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Genus: †Delphinornis
Wiman, 1905
Species
  • †D. arctowskii
  • †D. gracilis
  • †D. larseni

Delphinornis is an extinct genus of penguins that lived around the middle Eocene to the middle Miocene in Antarctica.[1][2]

  1. ^ "†Delphinornis Wiman 1905 (penguin)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Myrcha, A.; Jadwiszczak, P.; Tambussi, C.; Noriega, J.; Gazdzicki, A.; Tatur, A.; Del Valle, R. (2002). "Taxonomic Revision of Eocene Antarctic Penguins Based on Tarsometatarsal Morphology" (PDF). Polish Polar Research. 23 (1): 5–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2021-04-20.