Three million years ago, an extinct relative of today's great penguins—emperors and kings—lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. We know this because our new study published in the Journal of Paleontology ...
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Giant Penguins Once Lived In New Zealand — And Scientists May Finally Know Why They’re Gone
The fossil belongs to an ancestor of modern emperor and king penguins, who once lived in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?
We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilised skull of a great penguin found on the Taranaki coast. Overall, it is 31% longer than the skull of an emperor penguin (Aptenodytes ...
Daniel Thomas has received funding from Massey University. Alan Tennyson and Felix Georg Marx do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...
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