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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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==In the Media== |
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[[File:800px-Kairuku_Dossier.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ark: Survival Evolved Kairuku]] |
[[File:800px-Kairuku_Dossier.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ark: Survival Evolved Kairuku]] |
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Revision as of 02:23, 7 August 2020
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| 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 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
Ark: Survival Evolved Kairuku
- Kairuku is one of the creatures that appears in ARK: Survival Evolved.
Gallery
