Aptenodytes ridgeni
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| Aptenodytes ridgeni Simpson, 1972
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Aptenodytes ridgeni, also referred to as Ridgen's penguin, is an extinct species of penguin from the Pliocene of New Zealand.[1] It was intermediate in size between its living congeners, standing an estimated 90–100 cm tall. The remains were first found in 1968 on a Canterbury region beach by 11-year-old schoolboy Alan Ridgen.[2]
References
- ^ Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Fourth edition. Wellington: Te PaPa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. 2010. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Gill, Brian James (1991). New Zealand's extinct birds. Random Century. p. 25. ISBN 1-86941-125-0.
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