Pachydyptes

Pachydyptes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebra
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Family:	Spheniscidae
Subfamily:	†Palaeeudyptinae
Genus:	†Pachydyptes; Oliver, 1930
Synonyms
	Palaeeudyptets antarcticus (Hector, 1873) (partim); Pachydyptes ponderosa (Lowe, 1939) (lapsus); Anthropornis ponderosus (Lowe, 1939); Anthropornis ponderosa (Lowe, 1939) (lapsus); Anthropornis nordenskjoldi (Lowe, 1939) (partim);

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Pachydyptes is an extinct genus of penguin. It contains the single species Pachydyptes ponderosus, the New Zealand giant penguin.