New Zealand Kids Discovered This Fossil of New Giant Penguin Species on a Field Trip
Paleontologists say the bird would have been roughly the size of a ten-year-old child
Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, September 17, 2021
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Children's Field Trip Yields New Penguin Species
Kairuku waewaeroa lived eons ago in New Zealand
John Johnson, Newser, Sep 17, 2021
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The open access paper is:

Simone Giovanardi, Daniel T. Ksepka & Daniel B.
Thomas, 2021. A giant Oligocene fossil penguin from
the North Island of New Zealand Article: e1953047
Received 15 Mar 2021, Accepted 01 Jul 2021, Published online: 16 Sep 2021
[www.tandfonline.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)



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