Biology:Eudyptes calauina
| †Eudyptes calauina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Eudyptes |
| Species: | †E. calauina
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| †Eudyptes calauina Hoffmeister, Briceño, and Nielsen, 2014
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Eudyptes calauina is an extinct species of crested penguin that lived during the Late Pliocene.[1] It inhabited what is now central Chile .
Etymology
The genus name Eudyptes derives from Ancient Greek, translating to "fine diver". The species name calauina derives from the Yaghan name for the rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome).[1]
Description
Eudyptes calauina specimens stem from the Horcon Formation in the Valparaiso Region of central Chile.[1] The extant crested penguin species do not inhabit central Chile.[1][2]
Eudyptes calauina is larger than the extant crested penguins.[1] It is also larger than Megadyptes antipodes, Spheniscus chilensis and Spheniscus humboldti.[1] It is similar in size and proportions to Nucleornis insolitus, an extinct penguin species of the Early Pliocene in South Africa.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Hoffmeister, Martín Chávez; Briceño, Jorge D. Carrillo; Nielsen, Sven N. (2014-03-12). "The Evolution of Seabirds in the Humboldt Current: New Clues from the Pliocene of Central Chile" (in en). PLOS ONE 9 (3): e90043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090043. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 24621560. Bibcode: 2014PLoSO...990043C.
- ↑ "Eudyptes calauina joins the march" (in en). 2014-03-26. https://fossilpenguins.wordpress.com/2014/03/26/eudyptes-calauina-joins-the-march/.
Wikidata ☰ Q123560839 entry
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