Kairuku
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For the local-level government area in Papua New Guinea, see Kairuku Rural LLG.
Kairuku is an extinct genus of penguin.[1] It contains three species, K. grebneffi, K. waitaki [2] and K. waewaeroa.[3] This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.[1] It was historically referred to as Palaeeudyptes.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Genus: | †Kairuku Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012 |
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Kairuku waitaki Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012 | |
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