Everything about Paraptenodytes totally explained
Paraptenodytes is an
extinct genus of
penguins which contains two or three
species sized between a
Magellanic Penguin and a small
Emperor Penguin (
P. antarcticus). They are known from
fossil bones ranging from a partial skeleton and some additional material in the case of
P. antarcticus, and a single
humerus in the case of
P. brodkorbi. The latter species is therefore often considered invalid; a recent study considers it indeed valid, but distinct enough not to belong into
Paraptenodytes. The fossils were found in the
Santa Cruz and
Chubut Provinces of
Patagonia,
Argentina, in
Patagonian Molasse Formation rocks of Early
Miocene age; later occurrences are apparently from Late Miocene or possibly even Early
Pliocene deposits.
Together with the related genus
Arthrodytes, they form the subfamily
Paraptenodytinae, which isn't an ancestor of modern penguins.
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