Kairuku
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| Artist's impression of Kairuku | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Genus: | †Kairuku Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012 |
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| Kairuku waitaki Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012
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Kairuku is an extinct genus of penguin.[1] It contains two species, K. grebneffi and K. waitaki.[2] This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Ksepka, D.T.; Fordyce, R.E.; Ando, T.; Jones, C.M. (2012). "New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (2): 235–254. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.652051.
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