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Platydyptes

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Species
References

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| fossil_range = Late Oligocene to Early Miocene, {{fossilrange|27.3|21.7}}
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| taxon = Platydyptes
| authority = Marples, 1952^[1]
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
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}}Platydyptes is a genus of extinct penguins from the Late Oligocene to Early Miocene (about 27.3 to 21.7 million years ago) of New Zealand. It was created by Brian Marples in 1952 and contains three relatively large species, all of which were described from the north Otago to south Canterbury region in the South Island. The genus name Platydyptes combines the Greek platys ("broad and flat"), alluding to the shape of the humerus, with dyptes ("diver").^[2]^[3]

Species

Platydyptes marplesi Simpson, 1971 – Simpson’s penguin. The smallest species, the epithet honours Brian Marples, the common name honours the describer George Gaylord Simpson.
Platydyptes novaezealandiae (Oliver, 1930); Marples, 1952 – wide-flippered penguin. The epithet is a Latinisation of “New Zealand”.
Platydyptes amiesi Marples, 1952 – Amies’ penguin. The largest species, it was about the size of a king penguin, though with longer flippers. The epithet and common name honour A.C. Amies, a University of Otago student who collected the first specimen in 1946 and was killed in Malaya soon afterwards.^[4]

References

1. ^{{cite journal |author=Marples, B.J. |year=1952 |title= Early Tertiary penguins of New Zealand |journal= New Zealand Geological Survey, Paleontological Bulletin |volume=20 |issue= |page=37|url= |doi= }}
2. ^{{cite book |title=Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica |author=Gill, B.J. (Convener, OSNZ Checklist Committee) |year=2010 |edition=4th |publisher=Te PaPa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand |location= Wellington|isbn=978-1-877385-59-9 |page=328}}
3. ^{{cite web |url= http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/wide-flippered-penguin|title=Wide-flippered penguin |accessdate=2014-05-25 |work= |first=C.M. |last=Miskelly |publisher= New Zealand Birds Online |year=2013 }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/amies-penguin|title=Amies’ penguin |accessdate=2014-05-25 |work= |first=C.M. |last=Miskelly |publisher= New Zealand Birds Online |year=2013 }}

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