Sequiwaimanu

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Sequiwaimanu
Temporal range:
Ma
Wing bones of the holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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]

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References

  1. S2CID 89744522
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  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