Megadyptes

Megadyptes antipodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sphenisciformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Aves Subclassis: Carinatae Infraclassis: Neornithes Parvclassis: Neognathae Ordo: Sphenisciformes

Familia: Spheniscidae
Genus: Megadyptes
Species: M. antipodes – †M. waitaha

Name

• Megadyptes Milne-Edwards, 1880

References

• Boessenkool, S. et al. 2009: Relict or colonizer? Extinction and range expansion of penguins in southern New Zealand. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), 276: 815-821. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1246 PDF (efirst version)
• Annales Des Sciences Naturelles (6) 9 art.9 p.56

links

• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus

Vernacular names

English: "Large diver" Penguins