The Kawhia Giant Penguin is a currently unnamed species of giant penguin from the Oligocene, Kawhia Harbour in the North Island of New Zealand. These giant penguins differed from their living …

Key to this story in the North Island is this fossil of a giant penguin, discovered in January 2006 by a group of young naturalists at Te Waitere Inlet in the Kaawhia harbour.

The bird had a longer bill and more slender body compared to living penguins. [7] Relative to its body size, its flippers were longer and probably more flexible than those of extant species. [7][8] The bird …

Nov 9, 2021 · Um grupo de crianças que andava de caiaque pelo porto de Kawhia, na Ilha Norte, Nova Zelândia, achou, no verão de 2006, um fóssil de pinguim gigante, o Kairuku waewaeroa.

Giovanardi acrescenta, "O pinguim gigante Kawhia é quase completo e amplamente articulado na posição de vida, que ajuda muito na reconstrução do corpo relativamente longo e esguio.

No verão de 2006, o Clube Naturalista Júnior de Hamilton reunia alunos e líderes em uma excursão para caçar fósseis no porto de Kawhia, na Nova Zelândia.

Sep 16, 2021 · In 2006 a group of school children on a Hamilton Junior Naturalist Club (JUNATS) fossil hunting field trip in Kawhia Harbour, led by the club’s fossil expert Chris Templer, discovered the …

Sep 19, 2021 · Este enorme pájaro buceador medía 1,4 metros de altura y tenía unas patas y un pico inusualmente largos para un pingüino. Según un estudio recién publicado en el Journal of Vertebrate …

Here, we describe Kairuku waewaeroa sp. nov., a new giant penguin species from the Glen Massey Formation (Whaingaroan stage, 34.6–27.3 Ma). The holotype skeleton, discovered in Kawhia …

Sep 16, 2021 · A fossil-hunting field trip to Waikato's Kawhia Harbour in 2006 has become a day to remember for a group of schoolchildren, as scientists confirm the bones they excavated belong to a …