Kairuku
Sign in to saveKairuku is an extinct genus of penguin. It contains three species, K. grebneffi, K. waitaki and K. waewaeroa. This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand. It was historically referred to as Palaeeudyptes.
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- Sphenisciformes
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- 23030000-0
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- ''Kairuku grebneffi''
- ''Kairuku waewaeroa''
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Kairuku is an extinct genus of penguin. It contains three species, K. grebneffi, K. waitaki and K. waewaeroa. This taxon is known from bones from 27 MYA (late Oligocene), from the Kokoamu Greensand Formation of New Zealand. It was historically referred to as Palaeeudyptes.
== Etymology== The genus name Kairuku comes from the Māori words kai ("food") and ruku ("to dive").
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