Kairuku facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kairuku |
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| Artist's impression of Kairuku | |
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| 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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Kairuku is an extinct genus of penguin. It contains two species, K. grebneffi and K. waitaki. This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
Images for kids
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Size comparation of various species of Kairuku.
See also
In Spanish: Kairuku para niños
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