Spheniscus anglicus

The holotype material consists of a fossil penguin skull, without a beak.^[1] The species is described as smaller than the emperor penguin or the king penguin, but larger than any other in the genus.^[2]

The only known current fossil of Spheniscus anglicus was recovered from the Bahia Inglesa Formation at an unknown date, and later sold at the 2001 Tucson Gem & Mineral Show to Mark Rasmussen, who later donated it to the Science Museum of Minnesota.^[1][3] The species is named after the Bahia Inglesa Formation in which the fossil was found.^[2]

• Benson, Richard D (2015). "A New Species of Penguin From The Late Miocene of Chile, with Comments on the Stratigraphic Range of Palaeospheniscus" (PDF). Scientific Publications of the Science Museum of Minnesota. 8 (4). Retrieved June 18, 2021.

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