Madrynornis

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Madrynornis
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Madrynornis
Species:
M. mirandus
Binomial name
Madrynornis mirandus
Hospitaleche et. al., 2007

Madrynornis is an extinct monotypic genus of spheniscid containing the species M. mirandus that inhabited Argentina during the Late Miocene. [1]

References

  1. Carolina Acosta Hospitaleche; Claudia Tambussi; Mariano Donato; Mario Cozzuol (2007). "A New Miocene Penguin from Patagonia and Its Phylogenetic Relationships" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 52 (2): 299–314. Retrieved 4 February 2025.