| Arthrodytes | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Subfamily: | †Paraptenodytinae |
| Genus: | †Arthrodytes Ameghino 1905 |
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Arthrodytes is anextinctgenus ofpenguins which contains a singlespecies, whose remains have been recovered from theSan Julian Formation (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene) of Patagonia.[1] Other authors report a younger age for the fossils recovered from theEarly MioceneGaiman andMonte León Formations.[2]
Together with the related genusParaptenodytes, they form the subfamilyParaptenodytinae, which is not ancestral to modern penguins.[1]
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