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
Species:
†M. tuatahi
Binomial name
†Muriwaimanu tuatahi
Ando, Jones & Fordyce, 2006
Synonyms
  • Waimanu tuatahi Ando, Jones & Fordyce, 2006

Muriwaimanu is an extinct genus of early penguin.

Discovery and naming

One species is known, Muriwaimanu tuatahi, which was originally referred to as Waimanu tuatahi.[1][2] It was discovered in the Waipara Greensand near the Waipara River, in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1980. The name Muriwaimanu comes from muri, Māori for "after", and Waimanu, referring to the fact that the fossils come from younger strata than Waimanu.[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 Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
  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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