Muriwaimanu tuatahi Slack et al. 2006 (penguin)

Aves - Sphenisciformes

Alternative combination: Waimanu tuatahi

Full reference: K. E. Slack, C. M. Jones, T. Ando, G. L. Harrison, R. E. Fordyce, U. Arnason, and D. Penny. 2006. Early penguin fossils, plus mitochondrial genomes, calibrate avian evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 23(6):1144-1155

Belongs to Muriwaimanu according to G. Mayr et al. 2020

See also Ksepka and Bertelli 2006, Mayr 2009, Mayr et al. 2017 and Slack et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OU 12651, a partial skeleton (associated part skeleton with skull fragments, incomplete mandible, cervical vertebrae, ribs, synsacrum, furcula, coracoids, anterior right scapula, right humer). Its type locality is Waipara River M34/fl138, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian marine horizon in the Waipara Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of New Zealand (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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