Biology:Aptenodytes ridgeni
From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct species of bird
| Aptenodytes ridgeni | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Aptenodytes |
| Species: | A. ridgeni
|
| Binomial name | |
| Aptenodytes ridgeni Simpson, 1972
| |
Aptenodytes ridgeni, also referred to as Ridgen's penguin, is an extinct species of penguin from the Pliocene of New Zealand.[1] It was intermediate in size between its living congeners, standing an estimated 90–100 cm tall. The remains were first found in 1968 on a Canterbury region beach by 11-year-old schoolboy Alan Ridgen.[2]
References
- ↑ Gill, B.J. (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (Fourth ed.). Wellington: Te PaPa Press. pp. 330. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
- ↑ Gill, Brian James (1991). New Zealand's extinct birds. Random Century. p. 25. ISBN:1-86941-125-0.
Wikidata ☰ Q1858081 entry
 |  |
