Kumimanu fordycei Ksepka, Field, Heath, Pett, Thomas, Giovanardi & Tennyson, 2023
Description Reconstruction of Kumimanu fordycei n. sp. (left) by Simone Giovanardi.
Middle skeleton is Petradyptes stonehousei, another penguin from the same formation as Kumimanu fordycei and the penguin at the right is a modern emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri.
Source: Ksepka, D. T.; Field, D. J.; Heath, T. A.; Pett, W.; Thomas, D. B.; Giovanardi, S.; Tennyson, A. J. (2023). Largest-known fossil penguin provides insight into the early evolution of sphenisciform body size and flipper anatomy. Journal of Paleontology. 97(2): 434-453. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.88
Author Simone Giovanardi
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Original Time Taken: 2024:03:07 16:39:59
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