Sequiwaimanu

Sequiwaimanu is an extinct genus of early penguin. The type species, Sequiwaimanu rosieae, was named and described by Gerald Mayr in 2018.[1]

Sequiwaimanu
Temporal range: Paleocene, 58 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Genus: †Sequiwaimanu
Mayr et al., 2018
Species:
†S. rosieae
Binomial name
†Sequiwaimanu rosieae
Mayr et al., 2018

It is the fourth penguin species to be discovered from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand, which originally held two species that were assigned to the taxon Waimanu. Also this penguin had leg bones similar to an unnamed giant penguin.[2]

See also

References
  1. Gerald Mayr; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Leigh Love; Al A. Mannering; R. Paul Scofield (2018). "A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition (6): e1398169. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1398169.
  2. Gerald Mayr; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Leigh Love; Al A. Mannering; R. Paul Scofield (2018). "A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand". BioOne COMPLETE. 1 November 2017
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