†Marplesornis novaezealandiae Marples 1960 (penguin)
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Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Alternative combination: Palaeospheniscus novaezealandiae
Full reference: B. J. Marples. 1960. A fossil penguin from the late Tertiary of North Canterbury. Records of the Canterbury Museum 7(3):185-195
Belongs to Marplesornis according to D. T. Ksepka and S. Bertelli 2006
See also Brodkorb 1964, Fordyce 1982, Fordyce 1991, Marples 1960 and Simpson 1972
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CM 16527, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Motunau, which is in a Nukumaruan coastal mudstone in the Greta Siltstone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Motunau
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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