Austrodyptornithes

Austrodyptornithes; Temporal range: Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) and southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Aequornithes
Clade:	Austrodyptornithes; Yuri et al., 2013
Orders
	Sphenisciformes; Procellariiformes;
Synonyms
	Procellariimorphae;

Austrodyptornithes is a

Sphenisciformes (penguins) and Procellariiformes (tube-nosed seabirds).^[2] A 2014 analysis of whole genomes of 48 representative bird species concluded that penguins are the sister group of Procellariiformes,^[3] from which they diverged about 60 million years ago.^[4]

Austrodyptornithes

Sphenisciformes

Spheniscidae (penguins)

Procellariiformes

Diomedeidae (albatrosses)

Oceanitidae

(Austral or southern storm petrels)

Hydrobatidae (northern storm petrels)