Muriwaimanu

Muriwaimanu
Temporal range: Paleocene, 58 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Genus: Muriwaimanu
Mayr et al., 2018
Type species
Waimanu tuatahi
Ando, Jones & Fordyce, 2006
Synonyms
  • Waimanu tuatahi Ando, Jones & Fordyce, 2006

Muriwaimanu is an extinct genus of early penguin.

Discovery and naming

Discovered in the Kokoamu Greensand near the Waipara River, in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1980, the name Muriwaimanu comes from Māori for "backwards". One species is known, Muriwaimanu tuatahi, which was originally referred to as Waimanu tuatahi.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Slack, K.E., Jones, C.M., Ando, T., Harrison G.L., Fordyce R.E., Arnason, U. and Penny, D. (2006). "Early Penguin Fossils, plus Mitochondrial Genomes, Calibrate Avian Evolution." Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(6): 1144-1155. doi:10.1093/molbev/msj124 PDF fulltext Supplementary Material
  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". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. Online edition: e1398169. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1398169.
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