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Bones From Extinct Giant Penguin Species Found in New Zealand
The Canterbury Museum in New Zealand has released a statement about a new discovery — the Crossvallia waiparensis, a giant penguin species from the Paleocene Epoch (between 66 and 56 million years ago). According to the museum, the newly-found extinct species is one of the world’s oldest known penguin species and also one of the largest – taller even than today’s 1.2 metre Emperor Penguin – and weighing up to 70 to 80 kg. The discovery is published in the journal Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. The authors concluded that the closest known relative of C.waiparensis is a fellow
Bones From Extinct Giant Penguin Species Found in New Zealand
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