Kairuku waewaeroa Giovanardi et al. 2021 (penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes

Full reference: S. Giovanardi, D. T. Ksepka, and D. B. Thomas. 2021. A giant Oligocene fossil penguin from the North Island of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1953047

Belongs to Kairuku according to S. Giovanardi et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Kairuku grebneffi, Kairuku waitaki

Type specimen: WM 2006/1/1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Te Waitere, near, which is in a Whaingaroan coastal siltstone in the Glen Massey Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Te Waitere, near

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