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Delphinornis Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Partial skeleton of Delphinoris larseni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Genus:	†Delphinornis Wiman, 1905
Species
†D. arctowskii †D. gracilis †D. larseni

Delphinornis is an extinct genus of penguins that lived around the middle Eocene to the middle Miocene in Antarctica.^[1]^[2]

References

^ "†Delphinornis Wiman 1905 (penguin)". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
^ Myrcha, A.; Jadwiszczak, P.; Tambussi, C.; Noriega, J.; Gazdzicki, A.; Tatur, A.; Del Valle, R. (2002). "Taxonomic Revision of Eocene Antarctic Penguins Based on Tarsometatarsal Morphology" (PDF). Polish Polar Research. 23 (1): 5–46. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2021-04-20.

Genera of penguins, petrels, and albatrosses and their extinct allies

incertae sedis

†Palaeospheniscinae	Eretiscus Palaeospheniscus
†Paraptenodytinae	Arthrodytes Paraptenodytes
†"Palaeeudyptinae"	Anthropodyptes Anthropornis Archaeospheniscus Delphinornis Marambiornis Mesetaornis Pachydyptes Palaeeudyptes Platydyptes
Spheniscinae	Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula †Madrynornis Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus

incertae sedis	†Kievornis †Makahala
†Diomedeoididae	Diomedeoides
†Marinavidae	Marinavis
†Tytthostonychidae	Tytthostonyx
Diomedeidae	†Aldiomedes †Diomedavus Diomedea †Notoleptos Phoebastria Phoebetria †Plotornis Thalassarche †Tydea
Oceanitidae	Fregetta Garrodia Nesofregetta Oceanites Pelagodroma
Hydrobatidae	Hydrobates
Procellariidae	Aphrodroma Ardenna †Argyrodyptes Bulweria Calonectris Daption †Eopuffinus Fulmarus Halobaena Macronectes Pachyptila Pagodroma Pelecanoides †Primodroma Procellaria Pseudobulweria Pterodroma †Pterodromoides Puffinus Thalassoica

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