Aves - Sphenisciformes - Spheniscidae
Full reference: T. L. Cole, D. T. Ksepka, K. J. Mitchell, A. J.D. Tennyson, D. B. Thomas, H. Pan, G. Zhang, N. J. Rawlence, J. R. Wood, P. Bover, J. L. Bouzat, A. Cooper, S. R. Fiddaman, T. Hart, G. Miller, P. G. Ryan, L. D. Shepherd, J. M. Wilmshurst, and J. M. Waters. 2019. Mitogenomes Uncover Extinct Penguin Taxa and Reveal Island Formation as a Key Driver of Speciation. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36(4):784-797
Belongs to Eudyptes according to T. L. Cole et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Eudyptes atatu, Eudyptes calauina, Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysolophus, Eudyptes moseleyi, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus, Eudyptes robustus, Eudyptes schlegeli, Eudyptes sclateri
Type specimen: NMNZ S.33007, a skull. Its type locality is Eastern Maunganui Dunes, 200 m W of Tahatika Creek, which is in a Holocene dune sandstone in New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eastern Maunganui Dunes, 200 m W of Tahatika Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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