Anthropornis
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Anthropornis
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Anthropornis is a genus of giant penguin that lived 37-45 million years ago, during the Late Eocene and the earliest part of the Oligocene.[1] It reached Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). in height and Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). in weight. Fossils of it have been found on Seymour Island off the coast of Antarctica and in New Zealand. By comparison, the largest modern penguin species, the emperor penguin, is just Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). tall.
The type species, Anthropornis nordenskjoldi, had a bent joint in the wing, probably a carryover from flying ancestors.
References
- ↑ Myrcha, A., Jadwiszczak, P., Tambussi, C.P., Noriega, J.I., Gazdzicki, A., Tatur, A., and Valle, R.A. (2002). "Taxonomic Revision of Eocene Antarctic Penguins Based on Tarsometatarsal Morphology". Polish Polar Research, 23(1): 5-46
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