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| subdivision = *{{extinct}}'''''Kairuku grebneffi''''' <br><small>(Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012)</small>
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*{{extinct}}'''''Kairuku grebneffi''''' <br><small>(Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012)</small>
 
 
*{{extinct}}'''''Kairuku waitaki''''' <br><small>(Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012)</small>
 
*{{extinct}}'''''Kairuku waitaki''''' <br><small>(Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012)</small>
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*{{extinct}}'''''Kairuku waewaeroa''''' <br><small>(Giovanardi, Ksepka & Thomas, 2021)</small>
 
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'''Kairuku''' is an extinct genus of [[giant penguin]]. It contains two species, Kairuku grebneffi and Kairuku waitaki. This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
 
'''Kairuku''' is an extinct genus of [[giant penguin]]. It contains two species, Kairuku grebneffi and Kairuku waitaki. This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.
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==Description==
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==Discovery==
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==In the Media==
 
==In the Media==
 
[[File:800px-Kairuku_Dossier.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ark: Survival Evolved Kairuku]]
 
[[File:800px-Kairuku_Dossier.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ark: Survival Evolved Kairuku]]
 
*Kairuku is one of the creatures that appears in [[ARK: Survival Evolved]].
 
*Kairuku is one of the creatures that appears in [[ARK: Survival Evolved]].
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==Gallery==
 
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[[Category:Oligocene birds]]
 
[[Category:ARK: Survival Evolved Creatures]]
 
[[Category:ARK: Survival Evolved Creatures]]
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[[Category:Extinct birds of New Zealand]]
 
[[Category:Extinct birds of New Zealand]]
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Kairuku
Kairuku-figure-9
An artist's illustration of Kairuku waitaki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Kairuku
Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012
Type species
Kairuku waitaki
Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012
Referred species
  • Kairuku grebneffi
    (Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012)
  • Kairuku waitaki
    (Ksepka, Fordyce, Ando & Jones, 2012)
  • Kairuku waewaeroa
    (Giovanardi, Ksepka & Thomas, 2021)

Kairuku is an extinct genus of giant penguin. It contains two species, Kairuku grebneffi and Kairuku waitaki. This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand.

Description

Discovery

In the Media

800px-Kairuku Dossier

Ark: Survival Evolved Kairuku

Gallery