| 词条 | Kairuku |
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|name = Kairuku |image = Kairuku.png |image_caption =Artist's impression of Kairuku |fossil_range = {{fossil range|23.03|28.4|late Oligocene}} |regnum = Animalia |phylum = Chordata |classis = Aves |ordo = Sphenisciformes |familia = |subfamilia = |genus = Kairuku |genus_authority = Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012 |type_species=Kairuku waitaki |type_species_authority=Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
}}Kairuku is an extinct genus of penguin.[1] It contains two species, K. grebneffi and K. waitaki.[2] This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.[1] References1. ^1 {{Cite journal|author=Ksepka, D.T.|author2=Fordyce, R.E.|author3=Ando, T.|author4=Jones, C.M.|last-author-amp=yes |year=2012 |title=New fossil penguins (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Oligocene of New Zealand reveal the skeletal plan of stem penguins |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=235–254 |doi=10.1080/02724634.2012.652051 }} 2. ^Giant Prehistoric Penguin was Bigger Than an Emperor | Observations, Scientific American Blog Network External links
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