Platydyptes

Platydyptes
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, 27.3–21.7 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Subfamily: †Palaeeudyptinae
Genus: †Platydyptes
Marples, 1952[1]
Species
  • Platydyptes amiesi
  • Platydyptes marplesi
  • Platydyptes novaezealandiae

Platydyptes is a genus of extinct penguins from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (about 27.3 to 21.7 million years ago) of New Zealand. It was created by Brian Marples in 1952 and contains three relatively large species, all of which were described from the north Otago to south Canterbury region in the South Island. The genus name Platydyptes combines the Greek platys ("broad and flat"), alluding to the shape of the humerus, with dyptes ("diver").[2][3]

  1. ^ Marples, B.J. (1952). "Early Tertiary penguins of New Zealand". New Zealand Geological Survey, Paleontological Bulletin. 20: 37.
  2. ^ Gill, B.J. (Convener, OSNZ Checklist Committee) (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). Wellington: Te PaPa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. p. 328. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Miskelly, C.M. (2013). "Wide-flippered penguin". New Zealand Birds Online. Retrieved 25 May 2014.