†Korora oliveri Marples 1952 (penguin)
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Full reference: B. J. Marples. 1952. Early Tertiary penguins of New Zealand. New zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 20:1-66
Belongs to Korora according to G. Mayr 2009
See also Brodkorb 1963, Fordyce 1991, Marples 1952 and Simpson 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OM C.50.63, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Hakataramea Valley, which is in a Waitakian marine sandstone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hakataramea Valley
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