Pakudyptes
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| Pakudyptes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Genus: | †Pakudyptes Ando et al., 2024 |
| Species: | †P. hakataramea |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pakudyptes hakataramea Ando et al., 2024 | |
Pakudyptes (meaning "small diver") is a genus of extinct penguins from the late Oligocene Otekaike Limestone of New Zealand. The genus contains a single species, P. hakataramea, known from three fragmentary limb bones.[1]
Discovery and naming
[edit]The Pakudyptes fossil material was discovered in 1987 in the Hakataramea Quarry, representing sediments of the Otekaike Limestone, in the Hakataramea Valley of South Canterbury, New Zealand. The holotype specimen, OU 21977, consists of most of a left humerus. The top half of a left ulna (OU 21976) and a partial right femur (OU 21966)—both likely belonging to the same individual of the holotype—were also referred to the genus.[1]
In 2024, Ando et al. described Pakudyptes hakataramea as a new genus and species of extinct penguin based on these fossil remains. The generic name, Pakudyptes, combines the Māori word "paku", meaning "small", with the Greek word "dyptes"—a common suffix for penguin generic names—meaning "diver". The specific name, hakataramea, references the type locality in the Hakataramea Valley.[1] The word itself is derived from the Māori phrases "ha-ka", referring to a dance, and "ta-ra-me-a", meaning "with speargrass".[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Ando, Tatsuro; Robinson, Jeffrey; Loch, Carolina; Nakahara, Tamon; Hayashi, Shoji; Richards, Marcus D.; Fordyce, Robert Ewan (2024-07-31). "A new tiny fossil penguin from the Late Oligocene of New Zealand and the morphofunctional transition of the penguin wing". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand: 1–22. doi:10.1080/03036758.2024.2362283. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ^ "Hakataramea". New Zealand History. Archived from the original on 2023-04-01. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Fordyce, R. E.; Marx, F. G. (2016). "Mysticetes baring their teeth: a new fossil whale, Mammalodon hakataramea, from the Southwest Pacific" (PDF). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 74: 107–116. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.2016.74.11.
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