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Perudyptes is a basal penguin from the Eocene Paracas Formation of Peru. Perudyptes at Fossilworks.org The genus name Perudyptes is named after the country, while the species name devriesi Thomas DeVries, a Vashon Island High School science teacher who has long worked in Peru.
The skull of Perudyptes is characterized by deep temporal fossae and an elongate, narrow beak that differs from other reported stem penguins in its short mandibular symphysis. The wing skeleton of Perudyptes preserves a combination of plesiomorphic features also observed in the basal penguin Waimanu and derived features shared with more crownward penguins.
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