Also known as: Palaeeudyptinae, パレユーディプテス亜科, ジャイアントペンギン
Palaeeudyptinae, the giant penguins, are an extinct subfamily of penguins known to have existed from the mid-Eocene into the late Oligocene and possibly into the Miocene. Some of its members, such as Anthropornis and Pachydyptes, are some of the largest penguin species ever known.
Species
- Palaeeudyptes
- Palaeeudyptes antarcticus
- Palaeeudyptes gunnari
- Palaeeudyptes marplesi
- Palaeeudyptes klekowskii
- Archaeospheniscus
- Archaeospheniscus lowei
- Archaeospheniscus lopdelli
- Archaeospheniscus wimani
- Anthropornis
- Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi
- Anthropornis grandis
- Pachydyptes ponderosus
- Platydyptes
- Platydyptes marplesi
- Platydyptes novaezealandiae
- Platydyptes amiesi
- Anthropodyptes gilli (?)