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Mayr, Gerald; De Pietri, Vanesa L.; Love, Leigh; Mannering, Al; Scofield, R. Paul (2019). "Leg bones of a new penguin species from the Waipara Greensand add to the diversity of very large-sized Sphenisciformes in the Paleocene of New Zealand".
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was the first of the genus to be described, whose remains were recovered from and named after the
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Tambussi, Claudia P.; Reguero, Marcelo A.; Marenssi, Sergio A.; Santillana, Sergio N. (2005). "
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It measured about 140 cm (4.6 ft). 572:"A Human-Sized Penguin Once Waddled Through New Zealand" 1705: 1674: 1622: 1591: 1486: 1469: 1445: 1435: 1418: 1408: 1377: 1354: 1324: 1309: 1298: 1288: 1206: 1096: 1066: 1036: 1021: 1011: 1001: 991: 981: 971: 961: 951: 941: 931: 921: 911: 901: 891: 881: 858: 848: 838: 828: 818: 808: 798: 788: 778: 768: 758: 748: 738: 728: 1765: 1568: 1548: 1500: 1399: 1376: 1353: 1323: 1279: 1176: 1095: 1065: 1035: 872: 719: 415:. The fossils were discovered in 2019 by amateur 407:66–56 million years ago, and close relatives of 391:, was described based on leg bone fossils from 632: 8: 596:"Human-sized penguin discovered in Waipara" 1753: 1276: 1263: 1032: 716: 703: 639: 625: 617: 450: 448: 117: 20: 444: 570:Magazine, Smithsonian; Katz, Brigit. 7: 536: 534: 14: 383:In August 2019, a new species of 1737: 1249: 429: 138: 1873:Prehistoric birds of Antarctica 1: 1888:Fossil taxa described in 2005 525:10.1080/03115518.2019.1641619 481:10.1016/j.geobios.2004.02.003 1904: 376:Cross Valley Formation on 1735: 1275: 1262: 1247: 715: 702: 664: 233: 228: 135:Scientific classification 133: 125: 116: 23: 16:Extinct genus of penguins 659:and their extinct allies 255:?Crossvallia waiparensis 457:Crossvallia unienwillia 237:Crossvallia unienwillia 411:may have lived in the 1883:Fossils of Antarctica 1830:Paleobiology Database 551:(34): 7. 2019-08-22. 1878:Paleogene Antarctica 576:Smithsonian Magazine 222:Tambussi et al. 2005 1040:Palaeospheniscinae 473:2005Geobi..38..667T 694:Austrodyptornithes 282:. 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Late Paleocene
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Sphenisciformes
Spheniscidae
Crossvallia
Tambussi et al. 2005
type
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extinct
genus
penguins

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