Aptenodytes ridgeni
Extinct species of bird
Aptenodytes ridgeni Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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 |
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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]
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