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Kumimanu
Taxonomy
Kumimanu was named by Mayr et al. (2017). Its type is Kumimanu biceae.
It was assigned to Sphenisciformes by Mayr et al. (2017), Ksepka et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Sphenisciformes by Mayr et al. (2017), Ksepka et al. (2023).
Species
K. biceae (type species), K. fordycei
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Kumimanu Mayr et al. p. 3 figs. Figs. 1-2 |
| 2023 | Kumimanu Ksepka et al. |
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G. †Kumimanu Mayr et al. 2017
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†Kumimanu biceae Mayr et al. 2017
†Kumimanu fordycei Ksepka et al. 2023
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| G. Mayr et al. 2017 | A very large-sized sphenisciform species, which is characterized by proximodistally low and widely spaced condyles of the tibiotarsus. Distinguished from the late Paleocene Crossvallia and all post-Paleocene Sphenisci- formes of which humeri are known in the dorsoventrally narrower humerus shaft, with ratio of maximum width of proximal end of humerus to minimum width of shaft being 2.4 (less than this value in Crossvallia and all post-Paleocene Sphenisciformes of which the humerus is known). Distinguished from Waimanu tuatahi in having the bicipital crest of humerus not forming a distally directed bulge. Distinguished from Waimanu manneringi (the humerus of which is unknown) in having the tibiotarsus with proximodistally lower and more widely spaced condyles. |