Tereingaornis
| Tereingaornis Temporal range:Middle Pliocene
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | †Tereingaornis Scarlett,1983[1] |
| Species: | †T. moisleyi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tereingaornis moisleyi Scarlett, 1983
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Tereingaornis moisleyi,also referred to asMoisley's penguin,is agenusandspeciesofextinctpenguinfrom theMiddle Plioceneof New Zealand. It was slightly smaller than the extantFiordland crested penguin.It wasdescribedbyRon Scarlettin 1983 from fossil material (acoracoid,humerusand other bones) found by William Moisley near Te Reinga Falls on theWairoa River,in theHawke's Bay Regionof theNorth Island.Another specimen was found later at Waihi Beach,Hāwera,on theSouth Taranaki Bight.The genus nameTereingaorniscombines the name of the type locality with theGreekornis( "bird" ); the specific epithet honours the discoverer of the fossil.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^Scarlett, R.J. (1983)."Tereingaornis moisleyi– a new Pliocene penguin ".New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics.26(4): 419–428.doi:10.1080/00288306.1983.10422257.
- ^Gill, B.J. (Convener, OSNZ Checklist Committee) (2010).Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica(4th ed.). Wellington: Te PaPa Press in association with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand. p. 330.ISBN978-1-877385-59-9.
{{cite book}}:CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^Miskelly, C.M. (2013)."Moisley's penguin".New Zealand Birds Online.Retrieved25 May2014.
- ^McKee, Joseph W.A. (1987)."The occurrence of the Pliocene penguinTereingaornis moisleyi(Sphenisciformes: Spheniscidae) at Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand ".New Zealand Journal of Zoology.14(4): 557–561.doi:10.1080/03014223.1987.10423029.
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