Order Sphenisciformes Sharpe 1891 (penguin)
PaleoDB taxon number: 36626
Parent taxon: Carinatae according to H. Gadow 1898
Sister taxa: Colymbiformes, Crateropteryx, Odontotormae, Tubinares
Subtaxa: Anthropornis, Aprosdokitos, Archaeospheniscus, Delphinornis, Duntroonornis, Icadyptes, Inkayacu, Kaiika, Kairuku, Korora, Kumimanu, Kupoupou, Marambiornis, Mesetaornis, Muriwaimanu, Pachydyptes, Palaeospheniscinae, Paraptenodytinae, Perudyptes, Platydyptes, Sequiwaimanu, Spheniscidae, Tonniornis, Waimanu, Wimanornis
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore