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Austrodyptornithes

Austrodyptornithes
Temporal range: Paleocene-recent, 62–0 Ma
Black-browed Albatross amidst Rockhopper Penguins (5545908856).jpg
Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) and southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Aequornithes
Clade: Austrodyptornithes
Yuri et. al, 2013
Orders

Austrodyptornithes is a clade of birds that include the orders Sphenisciformes (penguins) and Procellariiformes (tube-nosed seabirds). A 2014 analysis of whole genomes of 48 representative bird species concluded that penguins are the sister group of Procellariiformes, from which they diverged about 60 million years ago.


Spheniscidae

Diomedeidae

Oceanitidae

Hydrobatidae

Pelecanoididae

Procellariidae




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