Family Spheniscidae Rank Genus | Class Aves Phylum Chordata Order Sphenisciformes | |
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Similar Pachydyptes, Icadyptes salasi, Palaeeudyptes, Palaeeudyptinae, Archaeospheniscus | ||
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Anthropornis is a genus of giant penguin that lived 45-33 million years ago, during the Late Eocene and the earliest part of the Oligocene. It reached 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) in height and 90 kg (200 lb) in weight. Fossils of it have been found on Seymour Island off the coast of Antarctica and in New Zealand. By comparison, the largest modern penguin species, the emperor penguin, is just 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tall.
The type species, Anthropornis nordenskjoldi, had a bent joint in the wing, probably a carryover from flying ancestors.
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