†Archaeospheniscus lowei 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 Archaeospheniscus according to G. Mayr 2009
See also Brodkorb 1963, Fordyce 1991, Myrcha et al. 2002 and Simpson 1971
Sister taxa: Archaeospheniscus lopdelli, Archaeospheniscus wimani
Type specimen: OM C.4720, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand), which is in a Duntroonian offshore shelf limestone in the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore
Distribution: found only at Duntroon (Kokoamu Greensand)
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