Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Colloncuran-Laventan) ~15.97–11.6 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Sphenisciformes
Family:
Spheniscidae
Genus:
†Palaeospheniscus
Species:
†P. bergi
Binomial name
†Palaeospheniscus bergi
Moreno & Mercerat 1891
Synonyms
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Palaeospheniscus bergi is a species of the extinct penguin genus Palaeospheniscus.[1] It stood about 60 to 75 centimetres (24 to 30 in) high in life, or somewhat smaller on average than the extant African penguin.
^Palaeospheniscus bergi at Fossilworks.org
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