''Anthropodyptes'' is a poorly known

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. It contains the single

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''Anthropodyptes gilli'', known from a Middle

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humerus from

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. The bone is somewhat similar to those found in members of the

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genus '' Archaeospheniscus'' and thus this genus might, like them, belong to the subfamily Palaeeudyptinae.

References

* Simpson, George Gaylord (1971): A review of the pre-Pleistocene penguins of New Zealand. ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'' 144: 319–378
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