Paraptenodytes brodkorbi

Paraptenodytes brodkorbi
Temporal range: Early Miocene (Deseadan-Friasian)
~23.03–15.97 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: †Paraptenodytes
Species:
†P. brodkorbi
Binomial name
†Paraptenodytes brodkorbi
Simpson 1972
Synonyms
  • Isotremornis nordenskjöldi
    (partim) Ameghino 1905

Paraptenodytes brodkorbi is a proposed, but possibly invalid, species of extinct penguin in the genus Paraptenodytes.[1] The bird was probably about the size of a king penguin. Known material is limited to a single humerus, Early Miocene in age, found in the Monte León Formation near Puerto San Julián in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.[1] It exists as an unnumbered specimen in the collection of the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales.

  1. ^ a b Paraptenodytes brodkorbi at Fossilworks.org