Summary
Muriwaimanu is an extinct genus of early penguin.
| Muriwaimanu Temporal range: Paleocene,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Genus: | †Muriwaimanu Mayr et al., 2018 |
| Species: | †M. tuatahi
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| †Muriwaimanu tuatahi Ando, Jones & Fordyce, 2006
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One species is known, Muriwaimanu tuatahi, which was originally referred to Waimanu tuatahi in 2006 by Slack et al..[1][2] It was discovered in the Waipara Greensand near the Waipara River, in Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1980. The name Muriwaimanu comes from muri, Māori for "after", and Waimanu, referring to the fact that the fossils come from younger strata than Waimanu.[2] Species remains discovered in 2017 by Leigh Love exhibit a long, narrow beak and paddle-shaped wings. The fossilized remains also indicate Muriwaimanu tuatahi may have kept their wings in a flexed position during downward strokes, unlike modern penguins whose wings are kept extended. They may be a transition species for modern Antarctic penguins. [3]
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References edit
- ^ Slack, K.E., Jones, C.M., Ando, T., Harrison G.L., Fordyce R.E., Arnason, U. and Penny, D. (2006). "Early Penguin Fossils, plus Mitochondrial Genomes, Calibrate Avian Evolution." Molecular Biology and Evolution, 23(6): 1144-1155. doi:10.1093/molbev/msj124 PDF fulltext Supplementary Material Archived 2009-12-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Gerald Mayr; Vanesa L. De Pietri; Leigh Love; Al A. Mannering; R. Paul Scofield (2018). "A well-preserved new mid-Paleocene penguin (Aves, Sphenisciformes) from the Waipara Greensand in New Zealand". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (6): e1398169. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1398169. S2CID 89744522.
- ^ Mayr, Gerald; De Pietri, Vanesa L.; Love, Leigh; Mannering, Al A.; Bevitt, Joseph J.; Scofield, R. Paul (2020-01-26). "First Complete Wing of a Stem Group Sphenisciform from the Paleocene of New Zealand Sheds Light on the Evolution of the Penguin Flipper". Diversity. 12 (2): 46. doi:10.3390/d12020046. ISSN 1424-2818.