†Pakudyptes hakataramea Ando et al. 2024 (penguin)
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Full reference: T. Ando, J. Robinson, C. Loch, T. Nakahara, S. Hayashi, M. D. Richards, and R. E. Fordyce. 2024. A new tiny fossil penguin from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand and the morphofunctional transition of the penguin wing. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1-22
Belongs to Pakudyptes according to T. Ando et al. 2024
See also Robinson et al. 2024
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OU 21977, a limb element (nearly complete left humerus). Its type locality is Hakataramea Quarry, which is in an Oligocene marine limestone in the Otekaike Limestone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Hakataramea Quarry
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