扁肱企鹅(學名:Platydyptes)是一种生存于晚渐新世至早中新世新西兰的已灭绝企鹅。这个属由布赖恩·马普尔斯( Brian Marples)于 1952 年创建,属中包含三个物种,所有这些物种都发现于新西兰南岛地区。属名Platydyptes由希腊语platys(意为“宽而扁平”,暗指其肱骨的形状)与dyptes(意为“潜水员”)组成。[2][3]
^Marples, B.J. Early Tertiary penguins of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey, Paleontological Bulletin. 1952, 20: 37.
^Gill, B.J. (Convener, OSNZ Checklist Committee). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th. Wellington: Te PaPa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. 2010: 328. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.